Time in Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01:30:51 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2026
America/Costa Rica · UTC−06:00
New York
03:30:51 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2026
America/New York · UTC−04:00
Your time
09:30:51 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Europe/Madrid · UTC+02:00
Puntarenas is in Costa Rica, with about 36,000 inhabitants, and uses the America/Costa_Rica time zone, currently UTC−06:00. Puntarenas is 2 hours behind New York.
Puntarenas does not observe daylight saving time: it stays at UTC−06:00 all year.
Today, Thursday, October 22, 2026, the sun rises at 05:28 AM and sets at 05:19 PM: 11 h 51 min of daylight. Coordinates: 9.98, -84.84.
Upcoming public holidays in Costa Rica
- Friday, December 25, 2026: Christmas Day (in 64 days)
- Friday, January 1, 2027: New Year's Day (in 71 days)
- Thursday, March 25, 2027: Maundy Thursday (in 154 days)
- Friday, March 26, 2027: Good Friday (in 155 days)
- Sunday, April 11, 2027: Gesta Heroica de Juan Santamaría (in 171 days)
Other cities on the same time
San Jose, Limón, Liberia, Paraíso, Costa Rica.
Frequently asked questions
Puntarenas uses the IANA zone America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC−06:00.
Puntarenas is 2 hours behind New York.
No, Puntarenas does not observe DST.
Today the sun rises at 05:28 AM and sets at 05:19 PM local time.