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Costa RicaLocal time in Costa Rica

San José local time

12 : 42 : 08 PM
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Costa Rica Date And Time Formatting

Name Pattern Local Example
Culture: es-CR, en-US
Full Date: EEEE, d 'de' MMMM 'de' y miércoles, 21 de enero de 2026
Long Date: d 'de' MMMM 'de' y 21 de enero de 2026
Medium Date: d MMM y 21 ene. 2026
Short Date: d/M/yy 21/1/26
Full Time: HH:mm:ss zzzz 12:42:08 hora estándar central
Long Time: HH:mm:ss z 12:42:08 GMT-6
Medium Time: HH:mm:ss 12:42:08
Short Time: HH:mm 12:42
Time Format: 24 Hours Format 12:42
Note: If you want to write the full Date Time for Costa Rica, you can use both (Full Date + Full Time) together to be EEEE, d 'de' MMMM 'de' y 'a' 'las' HH:mm:ss zzzz, so the full DateTime will be like
miércoles, 21 de enero de 2026 a las 12:42:08 hora estándar central
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Local Time in the Cities of Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, all cities are based on America/Costa_Rica Time Zone with an offset of UTC-6. For more information on Time Zone, please visit the Time Zone Map.

City Local Time
Alajuela Wed12:42 PM
Bribri Wed12:42 PM
Buenos Aires Wed12:42 PM
Cartago Wed12:42 PM
Ciudad Cortés Wed12:42 PM
Colón Wed12:42 PM
El Roble Wed12:42 PM
Guápiles Wed12:42 PM
Heredia Wed12:42 PM
Limón Wed12:42 PM
Puntarenas Wed12:42 PM
San José Wed12:42 PM
San Juan Wed12:42 PM
San Pablo Wed12:42 PM
Santa Ana Wed12:42 PM
Santiago Wed12:42 PM
Zarcero Wed12:42 PM