AlajuelaCosta Rica
Current time in Alajuela, Costa Rica
Monday, 31 August 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAlajuela time at a glance
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Location
- City in Alajuela Province
- Time zone
America/Costa_Rica- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Alajuela
Conditions near Alajuela and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Overcast
- Feels like
- 20°C
- Humidity
- 91%
- Wind
- 6.8 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Overcast18°C to 31°C63% chance of precipitationWind up to 7.2 km/h
- Overcast17°C to 29°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 9.4 km/h
- Light rain shower19°C to 28°C87% chance of precipitationWind up to 6.1 km/h
Forecast valid from 06:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T12:36:01.695Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T12:51:01.695Z.
Time-zone identity for Alajuela
- IANA zone
America/Costa_Rica- UTC offset now
- UTC-06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Alajuela is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Alajuela
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Alajuela
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Costa_Rica, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Alajuela
Location details for Alajuela in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.
- Administrative area
- Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- Population
- 47,494
- Coordinates
- 10.0172° N, 84.2127° W. The elevation is 955 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Alajuela
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Alajuela. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- QuesadaAlajuela Province, Costa Rica42 km northwest
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San JoséAlajuela Province, Costa Rica145 km northwest
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - Mercedes NorteHeredia Province, Costa Rica9.1 km east
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San FranciscoHeredia Province, Costa Rica9.7 km east
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - HerediaHeredia Province, Costa Rica11 km east
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San PabloHeredia Province, Costa Rica13 km east
America/Costa_RicaSame local time
Sources for Alajuela time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.