About San José's Time Zone
San José is in the UTC-6 time zone and is 9 hours behind Turkey. Track the exact live time above, updated every second.
San José, the capital of Costa Rica, is the country's political and economic center and the heart of one of Central America's most stable democracies.
Costa Rica does not observe daylight saving time, so San José's clock stays fixed year-round, always nine hours behind Istanbul.
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