Costa Rica — America/Costa_Rica
The current local time in the America/Costa_Rica IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Costa Rica in the area around Costa Rica. The zone is currently at UTC -06:00 · CST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Costa_Rica
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -06:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Costa_Rica
Costa Rica vs. major cities
How far Costa Rica is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Costa Rica, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Costa Rica | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Paris · France | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +10 h | 19:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +11:30 h | 20:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Costa Rica time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Costa Rica
Since 1970, Costa Rica has gone through 5 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 4 of 57 years. Since 1993 it has stayed on UTC -06:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Costa Rica stays on UTC -06:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1978 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1979–1980 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1981–1990 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1991–1992 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1993–2026 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Costa Rica
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Costa_Rica on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Bahia_Banderas Belize America/Belize Chihuahua America/Chihuahua El Salvador America/El_Salvador Guatemala America/Guatemala Managua America/Managua Merida America/Merida Mexico City America/Mexico_City Monterrey America/Monterrey Regina America/Regina Swift Current America/Swift_Current Tegucigalpa America/Tegucigalpa Galapagos Pacific/Galapagos More references for America/Costa_Rica
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