Paraguay · PYT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between Ciudad del Este and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Ciudad del Este lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Ciudad del Este and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in Ciudad del Este lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Ciudad del Este 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 Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Ciudad del Este.
Practical Info
Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) is home to roughly 300K people. Today brings about 10.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:24, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 26° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Paraguay
Capital
Asunción
Continent
South America
Time Zone
PYT · America/Asuncion
Coordinates
25.51°S, 54.61°W
Currency
PYG (₲)
Calling Code
+595
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish, Guaraní
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ciudad del Este sits at the Triple Frontier with Brazil and Argentina, and is one of the largest free-trade retail markets in the world — tens of thousands cross the Friendship Bridge daily to shop.
The clock: Paraguay abolished daylight saving in 2024 and now keeps UTC−3 year-round, which finally put all three countries at this border on the same clock.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap