San Jose, Costa Rica
Current time in Costa Rica
Time zone: CST (UTC/GMT -06:00) — America/Costa_Rica
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -06:00) America/Costa_Rica |
What time zone is San Jose in?
Local time here is CST, which sits 6 hours behind UTC, written UTC-06:00. The canonical zone name is America/Costa_Rica, and that is what to pick from a time zone dropdown.
No seasonal adjustment applies in San Jose — UTC-06:00 is constant, which is worth remembering when a partner city moves its clocks twice a year.
San Jose compared with major world cities
Current gap between San Jose and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | San Jose is 2 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | San Jose is 1 hour ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | San Jose is 7 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | San Jose is 8 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | San Jose is 10 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | San Jose is 11 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | San Jose is 14 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | San Jose is 15 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | San Jose is 16 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | San Jose is 3 hours behind |
Best time to call San Jose
Usable call slots from San Jose, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Los Angeles | 10:00–17:00 in San Jose | 7 hours overlap |
| New York | 09:00–15:00 in San Jose | 6 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–14:00 in San Jose | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–10:00 in San Jose | 1 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Paris, Dubai, Mumbai or Shanghai, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Popular cities
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| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |