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San José and San Francisco Time Difference

San José is 1h ahead of San Francisco

San José

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Costa Rica · America/Costa_Rica · CST

San Francisco

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between San José and San Francisco, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 10 am in San José it is 9 am in San Francisco — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 5 pm in San José (4 pm in San Francisco). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

San José and San Francisco have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San José is 1 hour ahead of San Francisco, which gives you 4 hours of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 10 pm in San José — that lands at 5 pm to 9 pm in San Francisco, 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

  • Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica

    Jul 25in 20d
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Angels

    Aug 2in 28d
  • Mother's Day

    Aug 15in 41d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn4:58:34 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:21:30 AM
🌞 Solar Noon11:42:03 AM
🌇 Golden Hour5:32:31 PM
🌆 Sunset6:02:35 PM
🌃 Dusk6:25:32 PM
Day length12:41:04

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination74%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.8 days
Moonrise21:38
Moonset09:56

San Francisco

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:23:35 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:54:36 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:15:23 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:57:17 PM
🌆 Sunset8:36:09 PM
🌃 Dusk9:07:10 PM
Day length14:41:33

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination74%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.8 days
Moonrise23:29
Moonset11:28

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