About San José
San José is a significant city in Costa Rica. It uses Central Standard Time.
San José does not observe daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 9.9339, -84.0849
- Population
- 335,007
- Time zone
- America/Costa_Rica
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Capital
- San Jose
- Calling code
- +506
Airports
- SJO · Juan Santamaria International
- SYQ · Tobias Bolanos International
The current local time at San José's airports (SJO, SYQ) is the same as the city time shown above.
Public holidays in Costa Rica (2026)
- New Year's DayThu, Jan 1
- Maundy ThursdayThu, Apr 2
- Good FridayFri, Apr 3
- Juan Santamaría DaySat, Apr 11
- Labour DayFri, May 1
- Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa RicaSat, Jul 25
- Feast of Our Lady of the AngelsSun, Aug 2
- Mother's DaySat, Aug 15
- Independence DayTue, Sep 15
- Army Abolition DayTue, Dec 1
- Christmas DayFri, Dec 25