Peru · PET
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Arequipa, Peru runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between Arequipa and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Arequipa lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 6-hour difference between Arequipa and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Arequipa lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. There is a 14-hour difference between Arequipa and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Chicago, Bogotá, Lima. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Arequipa.
Practical Info
Arequipa (Peru) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 11.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 17:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 16° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Peru
Capital
Lima
Continent
South America
Time Zone
PET · America/Lima
Coordinates
16.40°S, 71.54°W
Currency
PEN (S/)
Calling Code
+51
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Arequipa is built almost entirely from sillar, a white volcanic stone from the three volcanoes surrounding it. The Santa Catalina convent inside the city covers about 20,000 square metres and functioned as a walled town of its own for four centuries.
The clock: Arequipa keeps UTC−5. El Misti, the volcano above it, rises to 5,822 metres and last erupted in the 15th century.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
1h overlap