Time zone in San José
San José is located in Costa Rica and uses the America/Costa_Rica time zone (Central Standard Time). Its current offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC−6 (CST).
San José does not observe daylight saving time: the time is UTC−6 all year round.
Today in San José the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 17:11 (local time), giving 11 h 43 min of daylight. Approximate coordinates: 9.93° N, 84.08° W.
Compared with London, the time difference with San José is currently −6 h.
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