Current time in Cañas
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Cañas, Costa Rica · America/Costa_Rica · UTC-06:00
Time-zone identity for Cañas
- 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.
Cañas is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Cañas
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Cañas
Conditions near Cañas and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 18°C
- Humidity
- 82%
- Wind
- 17.6 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby23°C to 31°C61% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.8 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby24°C to 30°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby23°C to 31°C55% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 19:15 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T01:31:23.372Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T01:46:23.372Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Cañas
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Cañas
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Costa_Rica local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:26
- Sunset
- 18:07
- Solar noon
- 11:47
- Civil twilight
- 05:04–18:29
Moon
- Moonrise
- 07:38
- Moonset
- 20:21
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 8%
Location context
About Cañas
Location details for Cañas in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
- Administrative area
- Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- Population
- 20,306
- Coordinates
- 10.4311° N, 85.0982° W. The elevation is 86 metres.
Country context
Costa Rica at a glance
Country information for Costa Rica. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- San Jose
- Country codes
- CR · CRI · 188
- Population
- 4,999,441
- Currency
- Costa Rican Colón (CRC)
- Calling code
- +506
- Languages
- Spanish (Costa Rica) and English
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Costa_Rica.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Cañas
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Cañas. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- LiberiaGuanacaste Province, Costa Rica44 km northwest
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - NicoyaGuanacaste Province, Costa Rica50 km southwest
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - PuntarenasPuntarenas Province, Costa Rica58 km southeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San JoséAlajuela Province, Costa Rica58 km north
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - ChacaritaPuntarenas Province, Costa Rica61 km southeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - EsparzaPuntarenas Province, Costa Rica68 km southeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Costa_Rica when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3624468 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T01:31:23.283Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T01:31:23.372Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T01:31:23.370Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version 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.