San José, Costa Rica Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: San José, Costa Rica (Alajuela, Upala). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-17, 03:45 (GMT-06:00) America/Costa_Rica . All times are shown in San José local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 11:46 (remaining time: +8h 1m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 79.8°. Day Length: 12h 41m 39s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:25:56	11:46:45	18:07:35
Azimuth	68.2°	0°	291.7°
Day Length		12h 41m 39s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 152 041 832 km
94 474 414 mi
San José ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 348 639 km
94 043 684 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	04:09:26	4h 9m 26s
Astronomical Twilight	04:09:26	04:36:32	27m 6s
Nautical Twilight	04:36:32	05:03:14	26m 42s
Civil Twilight	05:03:14	05:25:56	22m 42s
Daylight	05:25:56	18:07:35	12h 41m 39s
Civil Twilight	18:07:35	18:30:17	22m 42s
Nautical Twilight	18:30:17	18:56:59	26m 42s
Astronomical Twilight	18:56:59	19:24:05	27m 6s
Night	19:24:05	23:59:59	4h 35m 54s

San José Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -23.2° ( 03:45)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 61° ( 03:45)

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San José

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17	2026-07-18	2026-07-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	05:25:26	05:25:41	05:25:56	05:26:10	05:26:24
Solar noon:	11:46:35	11:46:40	11:46:45	11:46:50	11:46:54
Sunset:	18:07:43	18:07:40	18:07:35	18:07:30	18:07:24
Day Length:	12h 42m 17s	12h 41m 59s	12h 41m 39s	12h 41m 20s	12h 41m 0s

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