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San Jose, Costa Rica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

5:26 am – 5:39 pm
12 hours, 13 minutes

Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 9:44:46 am
Sun Direction: 99° East
Sun Altitude: 62.6°
Sun Distance: 93.592 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 12:19 pm (Sep. Eq.)
Sunrise Today: 5:26 am 85° East
Sunset Today: 5:39 pm 275° West

2025 Sun Graph for San Jose

December 2025 — Sun in San Jose

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Astronomical Twilight Nautical Twilight Civil Twilight Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Start End Start End Start End Time Mil. mi
1 5:37 am (112°) 5:13 pm (248°) 11:35:10 −0:14 4:23 am 6:27 pm 4:49 am 6:01 pm 5:15 am 5:35 pm 11:25 am (58.2°) 91.656
2 5:38 am (112°) 5:13 pm (248°) 11:34:57 −0:13 4:23 am 6:28 pm 4:49 am 6:02 pm 5:15 am 5:35 pm 11:25 am (58.0°) 91.641
3 5:38 am (112°) 5:13 pm (248°) 11:34:44 −0:12 4:24 am 6:28 pm 4:50 am 6:02 pm 5:16 am 5:36 pm 11:26 am (57.9°) 91.627
4 5:39 am (113°) 5:13 pm (247°) 11:34:31 −0:12 4:24 am 6:28 pm 4:50 am 6:02 pm 5:16 am 5:36 pm 11:26 am (57.7°) 91.613
5 5:39 am (113°) 5:14 pm (247°) 11:34:20 −0:11 4:25 am 6:29 pm 4:51 am 6:03 pm 5:17 am 5:36 pm 11:27 am (57.6°) 91.599
6 5:40 am (113°) 5:14 pm (247°) 11:34:09 −0:10 4:25 am 6:29 pm 4:51 am 6:03 pm 5:17 am 5:37 pm 11:27 am (57.5°) 91.587
7 5:40 am (113°) 5:14 pm (247°) 11:33:58 −0:10 4:25 am 6:29 pm 4:52 am 6:03 pm 5:18 am 5:37 pm 11:27 am (57.4°) 91.574
8 5:41 am (113°) 5:15 pm (247°) 11:33:49 −0:09 4:26 am 6:30 pm 4:52 am 6:04 pm 5:18 am 5:38 pm 11:28 am (57.3°) 91.563
9 5:42 am (113°) 5:15 pm (247°) 11:33:40 −0:08 4:26 am 6:30 pm 4:53 am 6:04 pm 5:19 am 5:38 pm 11:28 am (57.2°) 91.551
10 5:42 am (113°) 5:16 pm (247°) 11:33:31 −0:08 4:27 am 6:31 pm 4:53 am 6:05 pm 5:19 am 5:38 pm 11:29 am (57.1°) 91.541
11 5:43 am (113°) 5:16 pm (247°) 11:33:24 −0:07 4:27 am 6:31 pm 4:54 am 6:05 pm 5:20 am 5:39 pm 11:29 am (57.0°) 91.530
12 5:43 am (113°) 5:16 pm (247°) 11:33:17 −0:06 4:28 am 6:32 pm 4:54 am 6:05 pm 5:20 am 5:39 pm 11:30 am (56.9°) 91.521
13 5:44 am (113°) 5:17 pm (247°) 11:33:11 −0:06 4:28 am 6:32 pm 4:55 am 6:06 pm 5:21 am 5:40 pm 11:30 am (56.9°) 91.511
14 5:44 am (113°) 5:17 pm (247°) 11:33:06 −0:05 4:29 am 6:33 pm 4:55 am 6:06 pm 5:21 am 5:40 pm 11:31 am (56.8°) 91.502
15 5:45 am (114°) 5:18 pm (246°) 11:33:01 −0:04 4:29 am 6:33 pm 4:56 am 6:07 pm 5:22 am 5:40 pm 11:31 am (56.8°) 91.494
16 5:45 am (114°) 5:18 pm (246°) 11:32:57 −0:03 4:30 am 6:34 pm 4:56 am 6:07 pm 5:22 am 5:41 pm 11:32 am (56.7°) 91.485
17 5:46 am (114°) 5:19 pm (246°) 11:32:54 −0:03 4:30 am 6:34 pm 4:57 am 6:08 pm 5:23 am 5:41 pm 11:32 am (56.7°) 91.477
18 5:46 am (114°) 5:19 pm (246°) 11:32:51 −0:02 4:31 am 6:34 pm 4:57 am 6:08 pm 5:23 am 5:42 pm 11:33 am (56.7°) 91.470
19 5:47 am (114°) 5:20 pm (246°) 11:32:49 −0:01 4:31 am 6:35 pm 4:58 am 6:09 pm 5:24 am 5:42 pm 11:33 am (56.7°) 91.463
20 5:47 am (114°) 5:20 pm (246°) 11:32:48 −0:01 4:32 am 6:35 pm 4:58 am 6:09 pm 5:24 am 5:43 pm 11:34 am (56.6°) 91.456
21 5:48 am (114°) 5:21 pm (246°) 11:32:48 < 1s 4:32 am 6:36 pm 4:59 am 6:10 pm 5:25 am 5:43 pm 11:34 am (56.6°) 91.449
22 5:48 am (114°) 5:21 pm (246°) 11:32:49 < 1s 4:33 am 6:36 pm 4:59 am 6:10 pm 5:25 am 5:44 pm 11:35 am (56.6°) 91.443
23 5:49 am (114°) 5:22 pm (246°) 11:32:50 +0:01 4:33 am 6:37 pm 5:00 am 6:11 pm 5:26 am 5:44 pm 11:35 am (56.7°) 91.437
24 5:49 am (114°) 5:22 pm (246°) 11:32:52 +0:01 4:34 am 6:37 pm 5:00 am 6:11 pm 5:26 am 5:45 pm 11:36 am (56.7°) 91.432
25 5:50 am (114°) 5:23 pm (246°) 11:32:54 +0:02 4:34 am 6:38 pm 5:01 am 6:12 pm 5:27 am 5:45 pm 11:36 am (56.7°) 91.427
26 5:50 am (114°) 5:23 pm (246°) 11:32:58 +0:03 4:35 am 6:38 pm 5:01 am 6:12 pm 5:27 am 5:46 pm 11:37 am (56.7°) 91.422
27 5:51 am (114°) 5:24 pm (247°) 11:33:02 +0:04 4:35 am 6:39 pm 5:01 am 6:13 pm 5:28 am 5:46 pm 11:37 am (56.8°) 91.418
28 5:51 am (113°) 5:24 pm (247°) 11:33:07 +0:04 4:36 am 6:39 pm 5:02 am 6:13 pm 5:28 am 5:47 pm 11:38 am (56.8°) 91.414
29 5:51 am (113°) 5:25 pm (247°) 11:33:13 +0:05 4:36 am 6:40 pm 5:02 am 6:14 pm 5:29 am 5:47 pm 11:38 am (56.9°) 91.411
30 5:52 am (113°) 5:25 pm (247°) 11:33:19 +0:06 4:37 am 6:40 pm 5:03 am 6:14 pm 5:29 am 5:48 pm 11:39 am (57.0°) 91.409
31 5:52 am (113°) 5:26 pm (247°) 11:33:26 +0:07 4:37 am 6:41 pm 5:03 am 6:15 pm 5:30 am 5:49 pm 11:39 am (57.0°) 91.406
* All times are local time for San Jose. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in San Jose is at 9:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 1 hour, 9 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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