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UTC−7

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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use PST all year (UTC−8)

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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 PST 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 Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST 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: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Standard Time (PST) — PST part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-08 - basic short
-0800 - basic
-08:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
U - short form of 'Uniform'

IANA/Olson: Reflects PST 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

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
PT - Pacific Time
PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
U - Uniform Time Zone

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