Costa Rica
Time now in San Juan
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 05:27Sunset 05:50Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
21,745
Sunrise
05:27
Sunset
05:50
Day length
12h 23m
Coordinates
9.96, -84.08
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About the time in San Juan
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 Juan 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.
San Juan sits at latitude 9.96, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 23m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Juan
- When do the sun rise and set in San Juan today?
- Sunrise is at 05:27 and sunset at 05:50, giving 12h 23m of daylight.
- Does San Juan change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. San Juan 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 Juan right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in San Juan, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
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