Time in Santiago
Chile · America/Santiago · latitude -33.45°
Reading your clock…
Santiago changes its clocks twice a year
Standard time is UTC-04:00 and daylight saving time is UTC-03:00. The shift is 1 hour, and it is the reason the distance between Santiago and anywhere else is not a single number.
| Date | Local time | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 3 April 2027 | 00:00 → 23:00 | Back 60 min | UTC-04:00 |
| Sunday, 5 September 2027 | 00:00 → 01:00 | Forward 60 min | UTC-03:00 |
Time difference from Santiago
Where a range is shown, the gap genuinely changes during the year. That is not rounding or hedging — it is two governments moving their clocks on different weekends.
| City | Difference now | Across the year |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4 hours ahead | +3h / +4h / +5h |
| New York | 1 hour behind | −2h / −1h / 0 |
| Los Angeles | 4 hours behind | −5h / −4h / −3h |
| Chicago | 2 hours behind | −3h / −2h / −1h |
| Toronto | 1 hour behind | −2h / −1h / 0 |
| Paris | 5 hours ahead | +4h / +5h / +6h |
| Berlin | 5 hours ahead | +4h / +5h / +6h |
| Dubai | 7 hours ahead | +7h / +8h |
| Mumbai | 8 hours 30 minutes ahead | +8h30 / +9h30 |
| Singapore | 11 hours ahead | +11h / +12h |
| Hong Kong | 11 hours ahead | +11h / +12h |
| Tokyo | 12 hours ahead | +12h / +13h |
| Sydney | 13 hours ahead | +13h / +14h |
| Auckland | 15 hours ahead | +15h / +16h |
| São Paulo | the same time | 0 / +1h |
| UTC | 3 hours ahead | +3h / +4h |
Daylight in Santiago through the year
From about 9.9 hours in June to 14.4 hours in December. This is the part a plain clock leaves out: 17:00 is a bright evening in one month and long dark in another.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:11 | 19:11 | 14h 0m |
| February | 05:41 | 18:47 | 13h 6m |
| March | 06:04 | 18:12 | 12h 8m |
| April | 06:26 | 17:32 | 11h 6m |
| May | 06:48 | 17:05 | 10h 17m |
| June | 07:04 | 17:00 | 9h 56m |
| July | 07:00 | 17:14 | 10h 14m |
| August | 06:34 | 17:35 | 11h 1m |
| September | 05:53 | 17:55 | 12h 2m |
| October | 05:13 | 18:17 | 13h 4m |
| November | 04:48 | 18:46 | 13h 58m |
| December | 04:47 | 19:10 | 14h 23m |
Daylight length is accurate. The clock times of sunrise and sunset assume each city sits at the centre of its time zone, which can put them up to about an hour and a quarter out for places near a zone's edge — Madrid being the standard example. Day length is unaffected.
Questions
About time in Santiago
What time zone is Santiago in?
Santiago uses the IANA time zone America/Santiago, which is UTC-04:00 in standard time and UTC-03:00 while daylight saving is in force.
Does Santiago observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks in Santiago move by 1 hour, and the next change is on Saturday, 3 April 2027.
Why does the time difference to Santiago keep changing?
Because the two places do not change their clocks on the same weekend, and in opposite hemispheres they change in opposite directions. London is a clear example: it sits 3 hours ahead, then 4 hours ahead, then 5 hours ahead across the year rather than one fixed distance.
How much daylight does Santiago get?
Around 14.4 hours at the longest, in December, and about 9.9 hours at the shortest, in June. The table on this page lists sunrise and sunset through the year. Times are calculated from Santiago's latitude of -33.45° and are approximate to within about an hour for cities that sit well away from the centre of their time zone.