Time in South America

Choose a region or search for a city to see the current local time.

Time zones in South America

The 9 cities listed for South America use 8 different time zones, ranging from UTC−05:00 to UTC−03:00 right now. Select a city to see its exact local time, date, daylight saving status and sunrise and sunset.

Reversed seasons

In the southern hemisphere the seasons are reversed, so countries that still use summer time, like Chile and Paraguay, move their clocks forward around our autumn. Brazil abolished daylight saving in 2019 and Argentina stays on UTC−3 all year, so the gap to Sweden ranges from four to seven hours.