| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +8h | Becomes +7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +10h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +15h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +16h | Becomes +17h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +2h | Becomes +1h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 1 Nov |
Belmopan, Belize runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Belmopan and New York is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Belmopan lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Belmopan and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Belmopan lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Belmopan and Tokyo is 15 hours. 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 Mexico City, Calgary, Edmonton. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Belmopan.
Belmopan (Belize) is home to roughly 23K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:45, sunset at 17:45. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 17° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Belize
Capital
Belmopan 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/Belize
Coordinates
17.25°N, 88.77°W
Currency
BZD ($)
Calling Code
+501
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Belize moved its capital inland to Belmopan after Hurricane Hattie flattened Belize City in 1961. The new city, begun in 1967 and occupied by the government in 1970, sits about 80 km from the coast and holds around 20,000 people — one of the smallest national capitals in the world.
The clock: Belize keeps UTC−6 and is the only country in Central America where English is the official language.
Belmopan lies at 88.8°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The 1.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 5 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:55 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 10m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 6m. The swing between them is 2h 4m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Belmopan the sun comes up earliest on 5 June at 05:20, while the latest sunset waits until 8 July at 18:33. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Belmopan that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Belmopan, Belize is America/Belize with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.
Belmopan has an estimated population of 23K and is located at coordinates 17.25°N, 88.77°W. It is the capital city of Belize.
Belmopan gets 13h 10m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 6m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Belmopan falls at about 11:55 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 1.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Built After a Hurricane: Belize moved its capital inland to Belmopan after Hurricane Hattie flattened Belize City in 1961.