Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in San José, Costa Rica

In San José, Costa Rica the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 17:49 and rises at 05:27. Daylight lasts 12h 21m; evening golden hour runs from 17:21 to 18:02.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
05:05
Sunrise
05:27
Solar noon
11:38
Sunset
17:49
Last light
18:10
Day length
12h 21m

5h 28m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:21 – 18:02
Blue hour
18:02 – 18:10
Max sun altitude
89.4°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:09 / 03:14

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:48 Golden hour 17:20 – 18:01 Day length 12h 21m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where San José is

Coordinates
9.9339° N, 84.0849° W
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
Current offset
UTC-06:00
Elevation
1,133 m
Population
335,007

Sunrise and sunset in San José, August 2026

August 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sat 1 05:03 05:26 11:42 17:59 18:21 12h 33m −0:24 17:30–18:12 🌖 91%
Sun 2 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:58 18:21 12h 32m −0:24 17:29–18:12 🌖 84%
Mon 3 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:58 18:20 12h 32m −0:25 17:29–18:12 🌖 75%
Tue 4 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:58 18:20 12h 31m −0:25 17:29–18:11 🌖 65%
Wed 5 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:57 18:19 12h 31m −0:26 17:29–18:11 🌗 53%
Thu 6 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:57 18:19 12h 30m −0:26 17:28–18:11 🌘 42%
Fri 7 05:04 05:26 11:42 17:57 18:19 12h 30m −0:26 17:28–18:10 🌘 30%
Sat 8 05:04 05:26 11:41 17:56 18:18 12h 30m −0:27 17:28–18:10 🌘 20%
Sun 9 05:05 05:26 11:41 17:56 18:18 12h 29m −0:27 17:27–18:09 🌘 12%
Mon 10 05:05 05:27 11:41 17:56 18:18 12h 29m −0:27 17:27–18:09 🌘 5%
Tue 11 05:05 05:27 11:41 17:55 18:17 12h 28m −0:27 17:27–18:09 🌘 1%
Wed 12 05:05 05:27 11:41 17:55 18:17 12h 28m −0:28 17:26–18:08 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:05 05:27 11:41 17:55 18:16 12h 27m −0:28 17:26–18:08 🌒 2%
Fri 14 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:54 18:16 12h 27m −0:28 17:26–18:07 🌒 5%
Sat 15 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:54 18:15 12h 26m −0:29 17:25–18:07 🌒 11%
Sun 16 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:53 18:15 12h 26m −0:29 17:25–18:06 🌒 19%
Mon 17 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:53 18:14 12h 25m −0:29 17:24–18:06 🌒 27%
Tue 18 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:52 18:14 12h 25m −0:29 17:24–18:06 🌒 37%
Wed 19 05:05 05:27 11:39 17:52 18:13 12h 24m −0:29 17:23–18:05 🌓 46%
Thu 20 05:05 05:27 11:39 17:51 18:13 12h 24m −0:30 17:23–18:05 🌔 56%
Fri 21 05:05 05:27 11:39 17:51 18:12 12h 23m −0:30 17:23–18:04 🌔 65%
Sat 22 05:05 05:27 11:39 17:50 18:12 12h 23m −0:30 17:22–18:03 🌔 74%
Sun 23 05:05 05:27 11:38 17:50 18:11 12h 22m −0:30 17:22–18:03 🌔 82%
Mon 24 05:05 05:27 11:38 17:49 18:11 12h 22m −0:30 17:21–18:02 🌔 88%
Tue 25 05:05 05:27 11:38 17:49 18:10 12h 21m −0:31 17:21–18:02 🌔 94%
Wed 26 05:05 05:27 11:38 17:48 18:10 12h 21m −0:31 17:20–18:01 🌔 98%
Thu 27 05:05 05:27 11:37 17:48 18:09 12h 20m −0:31 17:20–18:01 🌔 100%
Fri 28 05:05 05:27 11:37 17:47 18:08 12h 20m −0:31 17:19–18:00 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:05 05:27 11:37 17:47 18:08 12h 19m −0:31 17:18–18:00 🌖 98%
Sun 30 05:05 05:27 11:36 17:46 18:07 12h 19m −0:31 17:18–17:59 🌖 93%
Mon 31 05:05 05:27 11:36 17:45 18:07 12h 18m −0:31 17:17–17:58 🌖 87%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 04:11 04:37 05:26 17:59 18:47 19:13 11h 27m 82.1° 288° WNW
Sun 2 04:11 04:38 05:26 17:58 18:46 19:13 11h 27m 82.3° 288° WNW
Mon 3 04:12 04:38 05:26 17:58 18:46 19:12 11h 27m 82.6° 288° WNW
Tue 4 04:12 04:38 05:26 17:58 18:46 19:12 11h 28m 82.8° 287° WNW
Wed 5 04:12 04:38 05:26 17:57 18:45 19:11 11h 28m 83.1° 287° WNW
Thu 6 04:12 04:38 05:26 17:57 18:45 19:11 11h 29m 83.4° 287° WNW
Fri 7 04:13 04:39 05:26 17:57 18:44 19:10 11h 29m 83.7° 287° WNW
Sat 8 04:13 04:39 05:26 17:56 18:44 19:10 11h 30m 84.0° 286° WNW
Sun 9 04:13 04:39 05:26 17:56 18:44 19:09 11h 30m 84.2° 286° WNW
Mon 10 04:13 04:39 05:27 17:56 18:43 19:09 11h 30m 84.5° 286° WNW
Tue 11 04:14 04:39 05:27 17:55 18:43 19:08 11h 31m 84.8° 285° WNW
Wed 12 04:14 04:39 05:27 17:55 18:42 19:08 11h 31m 85.1° 285° WNW
Thu 13 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:55 18:42 19:07 11h 32m 85.4° 285° WNW
Fri 14 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:54 18:41 19:07 11h 32m 85.7° 284° WNW
Sat 15 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:54 18:41 19:06 11h 33m 86.1° 284° WNW
Sun 16 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:53 18:40 19:06 11h 33m 86.4° 284° WNW
Mon 17 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:53 18:40 19:05 11h 34m 86.7° 284° WNW
Tue 18 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:52 18:39 19:04 11h 34m 87.0° 283° WNW
Wed 19 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:52 18:39 19:04 11h 35m 87.3° 283° WNW
Thu 20 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:51 18:38 19:03 11h 35m 87.7° 283° WNW
Fri 21 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:51 18:37 19:03 11h 36m 88.0° 282° WNW
Sat 22 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:50 18:37 19:02 11h 36m 88.3° 282° WNW
Sun 23 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:50 18:36 19:01 11h 37m 88.7° 281° WNW
Mon 24 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:49 18:36 19:01 11h 37m 89.0° 281° W
Tue 25 04:15 04:41 05:27 17:49 18:35 19:00 11h 38m 89.4° 281° W
Wed 26 04:15 04:41 05:27 17:48 18:34 19:00 11h 38m 89.7° 280° W
Thu 27 04:16 04:41 05:27 17:48 18:34 18:59 11h 39m 89.9° 280° W
Fri 28 04:16 04:41 05:27 17:47 18:33 18:58 11h 39m 89.6° 280° W
Sat 29 04:16 04:41 05:27 17:47 18:33 18:58 11h 40m 89.2° 279° W
Sun 30 04:16 04:41 05:27 17:46 18:32 18:57 11h 40m 88.9° 279° W
Mon 31 04:16 04:41 05:27 17:45 18:31 18:56 11h 41m 88.5° 279° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:05 05:27 11:36 17:45 18:06 12h 18m −0:32 17:17–17:58 🌖 78%
Wed 2 05:05 05:27 11:35 17:44 18:05 12h 17m −0:32 17:16–17:57 🌖 68%
Thu 3 05:05 05:26 11:35 17:44 18:05 12h 17m −0:32 17:16–17:57 🌖 57%
Fri 4 05:05 05:26 11:35 17:43 18:04 12h 16m −0:32 17:15–17:56 🌗 45%
Sat 5 05:05 05:26 11:34 17:42 18:04 12h 16m −0:32 17:15–17:55 🌘 33%
Sun 6 05:05 05:26 11:34 17:42 18:03 12h 15m −0:32 17:14–17:55 🌘 23%
Mon 7 05:05 05:26 11:34 17:41 18:02 12h 15m −0:32 17:13–17:54 🌘 14%
Tue 8 05:05 05:26 11:33 17:41 18:02 12h 14m −0:32 17:13–17:54 🌘 7%
Wed 9 05:05 05:26 11:33 17:40 18:01 12h 13m −0:32 17:12–17:53 🌘 2%
Thu 10 05:05 05:26 11:33 17:39 18:00 12h 13m −0:32 17:12–17:52 🌑 0%
Fri 11 05:05 05:26 11:32 17:39 18:00 12h 12m −0:32 17:11–17:52 🌒 1%
Sat 12 05:05 05:26 11:32 17:38 17:59 12h 12m −0:32 17:10–17:51 🌒 3%
Sun 13 05:05 05:26 11:32 17:38 17:59 12h 11m −0:32 17:10–17:50 🌒 8%
Mon 14 05:05 05:26 11:31 17:37 17:58 12h 11m −0:33 17:09–17:50 🌒 15%
Tue 15 05:05 05:26 11:31 17:36 17:57 12h 10m −0:33 17:09–17:49 🌒 22%
Wed 16 05:04 05:25 11:31 17:36 17:57 12h 10m −0:33 17:08–17:49 🌒 31%
Thu 17 05:04 05:25 11:30 17:35 17:56 12h 9m −0:33 17:07–17:48 🌒 40%
Fri 18 05:04 05:25 11:30 17:34 17:55 12h 9m −0:33 17:07–17:47 🌓 49%
Sat 19 05:04 05:25 11:30 17:34 17:55 12h 8m −0:33 17:06–17:47 🌔 58%
Sun 20 05:04 05:25 11:29 17:33 17:54 12h 8m −0:33 17:05–17:46 🌔 67%
Mon 21 05:04 05:25 11:29 17:33 17:54 12h 7m −0:33 17:05–17:45 🌔 76%
Tue 22 05:04 05:25 11:29 17:32 17:53 12h 6m −0:33 17:04–17:45 🌔 84%
Wed 23 05:04 05:25 11:28 17:31 17:52 12h 6m −0:33 17:04–17:44 🌔 90%
Thu 24 05:04 05:25 11:28 17:31 17:52 12h 5m −0:33 17:03–17:44 🌔 95%
Fri 25 05:04 05:25 11:27 17:30 17:51 12h 5m −0:33 17:02–17:43 🌔 99%
Sat 26 05:04 05:25 11:27 17:29 17:50 12h 4m −0:33 17:02–17:42 🌕 100%
Sun 27 05:04 05:25 11:27 17:29 17:50 12h 4m −0:33 17:01–17:42 🌖 99%
Mon 28 05:04 05:25 11:26 17:28 17:49 12h 3m −0:33 17:00–17:41 🌖 95%
Tue 29 05:03 05:24 11:26 17:28 17:49 12h 3m −0:33 17:00–17:40 🌖 89%
Wed 30 05:03 05:24 11:26 17:27 17:48 12h 2m −0:33 16:59–17:40 🌖 81%

Longest and shortest day in San José

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 12h 42m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 11h 32m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 9m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:10 on 16 November; the latest is 18:01 on 12 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:14 on 28 May to 05:58 on 27 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in San José different

On standard time the sun peaks at 11:38, 22 minutes before clock noon, because the city sits near the eastern edge of its time zone. Sunrise and sunset are pushed the same way.

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 9.9°N accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Over a year the sunset point slides 48° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

By the end of August the sun will be setting 13 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 26 seconds a day.

Twice a year the sun passes directly overhead here — on 15 April and 27 August — and vertical objects cast almost no shadow at solar noon. The next one is in 2 days.

Standing 1,133 m up buys you 4.8 extra minutes of evening sun: the higher you are, the further over the curve of the Earth you can see, by 1.16° here.

Sitting 2 months ago of the longest day (21 June) means the sun has almost stopped drifting — 12h 21m of daylight today, and only 8 minutes of movement in sunset over the next two weeks.

Planning a sunset photo in San José

Arrive by 17:06. Golden hour opens at 17:21 and the sun is down by 17:49, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 281° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:02 and runs to 18:10, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in San José — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in San José today?

The sun sets in San José at 17:49 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in San José?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:10 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in San José?

Evening golden hour runs 17:21 to 18:02 today, lasting 41m. Full golden hour times for San José covers the morning window and the coming week.