Peru
Time now in San José
Sunrise 06:19Sunset 06:15Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Lima
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
541
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
06:15
Day length
11h 56m
Coordinates
-6.29, -78.48
Time difference from San José
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San José on the map
About the time in San José
San José runs on America/Lima, which puts the city UTC −5 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 14:00–22:00 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.
Sunrise today lands at 06:19 and sunset at 06:15 local time, giving 11h 56m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-6.29, -78.48) 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
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Lima, 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/Lima (UTC −5).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is San José?
- San José is UTC −5 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/Lima, currently UTC −5.
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