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Arequipa

UTC−5

Peru · PET

Dry Season
19:43:27Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:06↓ 17:3024:00
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
17:30
Daylight
11.4hrs
Population
1.1M
Season
Dry Season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

The White City

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

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Working Hours

1h overlap
ArequipaUTC−5
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
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