Time in Costa Rica

Mexican Pacific Standard Time (UTC-7, UTC-7)

Current local time: 08:49

Next DST change: No offset change in the next year.

Current local time in Costa Rica: · 11 Nov 2026

Costa Rica time zone

Time zone
UTC-7 · UTC-7standard time

No clock change is expected in the next year.

No clock changes this year.

Mexico has 6 distinct time zone rule groups. Costa Rica uses Mexican Pacific Standard Time.

  • UTC-6 · UTC-6Mexico City, Puebla, México, Querétaro, Guanajuato and moreNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-5 · UTC-5Quintana RooNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-6 · UTC-6Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo LeónUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-7 · UTC-7Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Baja California SurNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-8 · UTC-8Baja CaliforniaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-7 · UTC-7ChihuahuaUses daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Costa Rica

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Costa Rica
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London7 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and London
New York2 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and New York
Los Angeles1 h behindCompare Costa Rica and Los Angeles
Berlin8 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Berlin
Dubai11 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Dubai
New Delhi12 h 30 min aheadCompare Costa Rica and New Delhi
Singapore15 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day16 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day18 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Sydney
Copenhagen8 h aheadCompare Costa Rica and Copenhagen

Sun in Costa Rica today

Daylight
06:2211h 1m17:24

11h 1m today - 2h 39m less than the longest day and 0h 24m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

About Costa Rica

City facts
Country
Mexico
Region
Sinaloa
Population
24,874
Dialing code
Currency
MXN · Peso
Coordinates
24.5907°, -107.3899°

Public holidays in Mexico

Holidays

  1. Revolution Day

    Monday · in 5 days

    Nationallong weekend

  2. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 44 days

    Nationallong weekend

  3. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 51 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. Constitution Day

    Monday · in 82 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Benito Juárez’s birthday

    Monday · in 124 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Costa Rica in?
Costa Rica is in Mexican Pacific Standard Time (UTC-7), America/Mazatlan. Standard time is UTC-7.
02Does Costa Rica use daylight saving time?
No. Costa Rica stays on UTC-7 all year.
03What is the time difference between Costa Rica and UTC?
Costa Rica is UTC-7 all year.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.