Mexico
Time now in San José
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16Sunset 07:01Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Monterrey
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
255
Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
07:01
Day length
12h 44m
Coordinates
22.42, -99.06
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About the time in San José
The zone identifier America/Monterrey is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Monterrey keeps pointing at Monterrey time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
San José runs on America/Monterrey, 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal San José day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 15:00–23:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in San José
- When do the sun rise and set in San José today?
- Sunrise is at 06:16 and sunset at 07:01, giving 12h 44m of daylight.
- 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/Monterrey (UTC −6).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is San José?
- San José is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is San José in?
- San José uses America/Monterrey, currently UTC −6.
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