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San José and Boston Time Difference

San José is 2h behind Boston

San José
San José

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

12:18:08

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Costa Rica · America/Costa_Rica · CST

Boston
Boston

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

14:18:08

Sunday, April 5, 2026

United States · America/New_York · EDT

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between San José and Boston, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 9 am in San José it is 11 am in Boston — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 3 pm in San José (5 pm in Boston). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

San José and Boston have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San José is 2 hours behind Boston, which gives you about an hour of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 7 pm in San José — that lands at 8 pm to 9 pm in Boston, after the school run and before anyone's ready for bed. For a Sunday catch-up or a midweek check-in, this is the sweet spot.

San José

  • Juan Santamaría Day

    Día de Juan Santamaría

  • Labour Day

    Día Internacional del Trabajo

  • Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica

    Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica

Via Nager.Date

🌅 Dawn5:06:32 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:27:40 AM
🌞 Solar Noon11:40:10 AM
🌇 Golden Hour5:24:46 PM
🌆 Sunset5:52:39 PM
🌃 Dusk6:13:48 PM
Day length12:24:59

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Condition⛅ Partly cloudy
Temperature28°C
Feels like31°C
Humidity48%
Wind4 mph E

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.3 days
Moonrise20:05
Moonset07:56
New87% illuminatedFull

Boston

  • Truman Day

  • Memorial Day

  • Juneteenth National Independence Day

Via Nager.Date

🌅 Dawn5:52:25 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:20:58 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:48:03 PM
🌇 Golden Hour6:37:55 PM
🌆 Sunset7:15:08 PM
🌃 Dusk7:43:41 PM
Day length12:54:09

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Condition🌧️ Rain
Temperature9°C
Feels like8°C
Humidity96%
Wind4 mph W

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.3 days
Moonrise22:26
Moonset07:43
New87% illuminatedFull

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