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Time in San José, Upala, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica now

14:27:18

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 05:18 ↓ 17:56 (12h 39m) - More info - Make San José time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for San José

UTC -6

Central Standard Time (CST)
now 2 hours behind New York

San José does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for San José is America/Costa_Rica.

Time difference
from San José

Los Angeles	−1 hours	−1 hours
Chicago	+1 hours
New York	+2 hours
Toronto	+2 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
London	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Paris	+8 hours
Zurich	+8 hours
Cairo	+9 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for San José

Sunrise: 05:18
Sunset: 17:56
Day length: 12h 39m
Solar noon: 11:37
The current local time in San José is 23 minutes behind apparent solar time.

San José on the map

Location: Upala, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Latitude: 10.952. Longitude: -85.136
Population: 31,000

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