Costa Rica
Time now in San José
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28Sunset 05:51Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
3,162
Sunrise
05:28
Sunset
05:51
Day length
12h 23m
Coordinates
10.15, -84.40
Time difference from San José
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) San José right now.
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About the time in San José
The zone identifier America/Costa_Rica is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Costa_Rica keeps pointing at Costa Rica time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
San José runs on America/Costa_Rica, which puts the city UTC −6 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Sunrise today lands at 05:28 and sunset at 05:51 local time, giving 12h 23m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (10.15, -84.40) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in San José.
Frequently asked questions about time in San José
- What are normal business hours in San José in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in San José runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- Does San José change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. San José keeps UTC −6 throughout the year.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Costa_Rica, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in San José right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in San José, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
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