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Costa RicaLocal time in Costa Rica

San José local time

08 : 36 : 42 PM
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Costa Rica Date And Time Formatting

Name Pattern Local Example
Culture: es-CR, en-US
Full Date: EEEE, d 'de' MMMM 'de' y sábado, 17 de enero de 2026
Long Date: d 'de' MMMM 'de' y 17 de enero de 2026
Medium Date: d MMM y 17 ene. 2026
Short Date: d/M/yy 17/1/26
Full Time: HH:mm:ss zzzz 20:36:42 hora estándar central
Long Time: HH:mm:ss z 20:36:42 GMT-6
Medium Time: HH:mm:ss 20:36:42
Short Time: HH:mm 20:36
Time Format: 24 Hours Format 20:36
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
sábado, 17 de enero de 2026 a las 20:36:42 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 Sat08:36 PM
Bribri Sat08:36 PM
Buenos Aires Sat08:36 PM
Cartago Sat08:36 PM
Ciudad Cortés Sat08:36 PM
Colón Sat08:36 PM
El Roble Sat08:36 PM
Guápiles Sat08:36 PM
Heredia Sat08:36 PM
Limón Sat08:36 PM
Puntarenas Sat08:36 PM
San José Sat08:36 PM
San Juan Sat08:36 PM
San Pablo Sat08:36 PM
Santa Ana Sat08:36 PM
Santiago Sat08:36 PM
Zarcero Sat08:36 PM