San Jose, Costa Rica to PDT Time Converter

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6:00 am06:00 CST (UTC-6), Oct 15, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 15, 2026

San José is 1 hour ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, San Jose, Costa Rica is 1 hour ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, San Jose, Costa Rica is 2 hours ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in San Jose, Costa Rica correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in San Jose, Costa Rica correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in PST.

Compare San Jose time with PDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CST (Central Standard Time) is 1 hour ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
6:00 am06:00 in San Jose, Costa Rica is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

San José to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in San José which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in PDT

6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (San Jose, Costa Rica). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

6:00 am06:00 San Jose, Costa Rica / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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San José Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (no daylight saving time)

San José Facts

Country
Costa Rica
Alternative Names
SJO, San Chose, San Chosė, San Hose, San Jose, San Jose de Costa Rica, San Jose i Costa Rica, San José, San José de Costa Rica, San José i Costa Rica, San Joze, San Jozé, San Jusiy, San Khose, San Khoze, San Xose, San Xosé, San-Joseo, San-Khaseh, San-Khose, San-Xose, Sanhose, Sanhosē, Urbs Sancti Iosephi in Costarica, can hoce, san jwz, san khwsyh, san khwzh, san khwzے kwsٹaryka, san-khose, sana hoje, sana hose, sana hoze, sanhose, sheng he xi, sn hwsh, syana hose, Σαν Χοσέ, Сан Хозе, Сан Хосе, Сан-Хасэ, Сан-Хосе, Սան Խոսե, סאן חוסה, סן חוסה, سان جوز, سان خوزه, سان خوزے، کوسٹاریکا, سان خوسيه, سان خوسې, सान होज़े, सान होजे, স্যান হোসে, ਸਾਨ ਹੋਸੇ, சான் ஹொசே, ซันโฮเซ, སན་ཇོ་སེ།, სან-ხოსე, ሳን ሆዜ, サンホセ, 聖荷西, 산호세
Population
335,007
Currency
Colon (CRC)
Geographic Coordinates
9° 55' N Latitude / 84° 04' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+506
More About San José
San José local time and city facts

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on PDT.

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Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

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PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT