Costa Rica
Time now in Santa Elena
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33Sunset 05:57Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
2,040
Sunrise
05:33
Sunset
05:57
Day length
12h 24m
Coordinates
10.89, -85.70
Time difference from Santa Elena
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Santa Elena right now.
Santa Elena on the map
About the time in Santa Elena
Santa Elena 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.
Clocks in Santa Elena stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −6 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Costa Rica.
Santa Elena sits at latitude 10.89, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 24m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa Elena
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Santa Elena?
- Santa Elena is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Santa Elena right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa Elena, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
- 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.
- Which time zone is Santa Elena in?
- Santa Elena uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
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