Time in Santiago
The current offset in Santiago is UTC-3, on the America/Santiago zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Santiago, Chile
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Santiago
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC-4
- Daylight offset
- UTC-3
- Country
- Chile (CL)
- Coordinates
- -33.45, -70.67
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Santiago change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2027-04-03 at 23:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-3 → UTC-4)
- 2027-09-05 at 23:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-4 → UTC-3)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 07:54
- Sunset
- 19:28
- Daylight
- 11 hours 33 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Santiago in?
- Santiago uses the America/Santiago time zone, currently UTC-3. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Santiago observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Santiago moves between UTC-4 in winter and UTC-3 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Santiago and UTC?
- UTC-3 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-4 and UTC-3 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Santiago?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 07:54 and sunset 19:28 local time, giving 11 hours 33 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.