San José, Costa Rica Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: San José, Costa Rica (Alajuela, Upala). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 16:09 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in San José local time. Solar noon Today was at: 11:37 (elapsed time: -4h 32m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 81°. Day Length: 12h 39m 50s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:17:11	11:37:06	17:57:01
Azimuth	69.5°	0°	290.6°
Day Length		12h 39m 50s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 406 845 km
94 079 852 mi
San José ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 708 528 km
93 645 938 mi

San José on map:

San José

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-06:00
Latitude:	10.95173°
Longitude:	-85.1361°
Country:	Costa Rica Alajuela
Population:	31 430

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: San José

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:01:18	4h 1m 18s
Astronomical Twilight	04:01:18	04:28:10	26m 52s
Nautical Twilight	04:28:10	04:54:39	26m 29s
Civil Twilight	04:54:39	05:17:11	22m 32s
Daylight	05:17:11	17:57:01	12h 39m 50s
Civil Twilight	17:57:01	18:19:33	22m 32s
Nautical Twilight	18:19:33	18:46:02	26m 29s
Astronomical Twilight	18:46:02	19:12:54	26m 52s
Night	19:12:54	23:59:59	4h 47m 5s

San José Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 24.3° ( 16:09)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 287.2° ( 16:09)

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San José

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	05:17:27	05:17:19	05:17:11	05:17:04	05:16:58
Solar noon:	11:37:00	11:37:03	11:37:06	11:37:10	11:37:15
Sunset:	17:56:32	17:56:47	17:57:01	17:57:16	17:57:31
Day Length:	12h 39m 5s	12h 39m 28s	12h 39m 50s	12h 40m 12s	12h 40m 33s

San José sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):