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Time.is

Time in Costa Rica now

10:40:50AM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Time zone info for Costa Rica

UTC -6

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

The time in Costa Rica is 1 hour behind the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 2 hours behind the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Costa Rica does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Costa Rica is America/Costa_Rica.

Time difference
from Costa Rica

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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Costa Rica on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 51,100 km²
Capital: San José
Currency: Colon (CRC)
Calling code: +506
Internet top level domain: .cr
Latitude: 10.00. Longitude: -84.00
Population: 4,999,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Costa Rica 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.