Time zones in Latin America
4 distinct UTC offsets are in force across Latin America right now, spread over 48 IANA zones and 522 cities we track. Offsets shown are today’s: where a zone observes daylight saving, it moves.
Offsets in force today
UTC−6CST
5 zones
Guatemala City · San José
UTC−5UTC−5
6 zones
Lima · Bogotá · Medellín · Quito · Kingston · Panamá
UTC−4UTC−4
14 zones
Caracas · Santo Domingo · Havana · Manaus · La Paz · San Juan
UTC−3UTC−3
23 zones
Buenos Aires · São Paulo · Rio de Janeiro · Santiago · Salvador · Fortaleza · Belo Horizonte · Brasília · Asunción · Montevideo
Major cities in Latin America
- ARBuenos Aires−3
- BRSão Paulo−3
- PELima−5
- COBogotá−5
- BRRio de Janeiro−3
- CLSantiago−3
- VECaracas−4
- BRSalvador−3
- BRFortaleza−3
- BRBelo Horizonte−3
- BRBrasília−3
- DOSanto Domingo−4
- CUHavana−4
- COMedellín−5
- BRManaus−4
- PYAsunción−3
- ECQuito−5
- UYMontevideo−3
- GTGuatemala City−6
- JMKingston−5
- BOLa Paz−4
- PRSan Juan−4
- PAPanamá−5
- CRSan José−6
Daylight saving in Latin America
Clocks change in 4 of this region’s zones. In 2026 the first change is Saturday 4 April and the last is Sunday 6 September. Every date we track is on the daylight saving dates page.
Zones here that never change clocks
- Buenos Aires
- Sao Paulo
- Lima
- Bogota
- Caracas
- Bahia
- Fortaleza
- Santo Domingo
- Guayaquil
- Manaus