San FranciscoCosta Rica
Current time in San Francisco, Costa Rica
Monday, 31 August 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSan Francisco time at a glance
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Location
- City in Heredia 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 San Francisco
Conditions near San Francisco and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 18°C
- Humidity
- 91%
- Wind
- 9.4 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby15°C to 24°C61% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.3 km/h
- Mist14°C to 22°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 8.6 km/h
- Light rain shower16°C to 22°C90% chance of precipitationWind up to 6.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 07:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T13:27:42.512Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T13:42:42.512Z.
Time-zone identity for San Francisco
- 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.
San Francisco is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in San Francisco
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 San Francisco
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 San Francisco
Location details for San Francisco in Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
- Administrative area
- Heredia Province, Costa Rica
- Population
- 55,923
- Coordinates
- 9.9938° N, 84.1274° W. The elevation is 1,131 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near San Francisco
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from San Francisco. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- HerediaHeredia Province, Costa Rica1.4 km northeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - Mercedes NorteHeredia Province, Costa Rica1.4 km north
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San PabloHeredia Province, Costa Rica3.4 km east
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San JuanSan José, Costa Rica6.4 km southeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - ColimaSan José, Costa Rica6.5 km southeast
America/Costa_RicaSame local time - San RafaelSan José, Costa Rica7.3 km south
America/Costa_RicaSame local time
Sources for San Francisco 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.