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US Eastern team
6–7 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here
US Pacific team
6–7 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
UK team
1–2 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Central Europe team
0–1 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 here
Price level
62
Moderate: household prices Costa Rica-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months
5 / 12
December–April
Your team's working day, on San José's clock
Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in San José; the shaded column is a local 9–5.
Costa Rica does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.
Shared hours through the year
Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.
| Month | US Eastern | US Pacific | UK | Central Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h | 2 h awake 4 h | 1 h awake 3 h |
| Feb | 7 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h | 2 h awake 4 h | 1 h awake 3 h |
| Mar | 6–7 h awake 8 h | 6–7 h awake 8 h | 1–2 h awake 3–4 h | 0–1 h awake 2–3 h |
| Apr | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| May | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| Jun | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| Jul | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| Aug | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| Sep | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1 h awake 3 h | 0 h awake 2 h |
| Oct | 6 h awake 8 h | 7 h awake 8 h | 1–2 h awake 3–4 h | 0–1 h awake 2–3 h |
| Nov | 7 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h | 2 h awake 4 h | 1 h awake 3 h |
| Dec | 7 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h | 2 h awake 4 h | 1 h awake 3 h |
Weather for working, month by month
GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Dew point | Daylight | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°C | 15°C | 89 mm | 17°C sticky | 11.5 h | 9.0 |
| Feb | 26°C | 15°C | 71 mm | 17°C sticky | 11.7 h | 9.3 |
| Mar | 27°C | 16°C | 69 mm | 18°C sticky | 11.9 h | 9.2 |
| Apr | 28°C | 16°C | 141 mm | 19°C muggy | 12.2 h | 7.1 |
| May | 27°C | 17°C | 399 mm | 20°C muggy | 12.5 h | 5.9 |
| Jun | 27°C | 16°C | 376 mm | 19°C muggy | 12.6 h | 6.0 |
| Jul | 27°C | 17°C | 370 mm | 19°C muggy | 12.5 h | 6.0 |
| Aug | 27°C | 16°C | 484 mm | 19°C muggy | 12.3 h | 6.0 |
| Sep | 27°C | 16°C | 466 mm | 19°C muggy | 12.1 h | 6.0 |
| Oct | 26°C | 16°C | 473 mm | 19°C muggy | 11.8 h | 6.0 |
| Nov | 25°C | 16°C | 356 mm | 18°C muggy | 11.5 h | 6.0 |
| Dec | 26°C | 16°C | 164 mm | 18°C sticky | 11.4 h | 7.8 |
TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.
Getting there and settling in
- Population
- 335,007 (2025)
- Elevation
- 1161 m
- Airports
- Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), 15 km
Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), 6 km
Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP), 54 km - Time zone
- America/Costa_Rica
- Visas
- Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Costa Rica's official government or embassy website.
- Read more
- San José on Wikipedia
Travel advice
US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department
UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK
Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.
Same working hours, different city
Within an hour of San José's clock today, most comfortable months first.