| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +4h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +7h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +12h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +13h | Becomes +14h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −4h | Becomes −5h on 1 Nov |
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Ciudad del Este and New York is 1 hour. 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. The time difference between Ciudad del Este and London is 4 hours. 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. The time difference between Ciudad del Este and Tokyo is 12 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 Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Ciudad del Este.
Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) is home to roughly 300K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:19, sunset at 18:37. 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.
Flag
Paraguay
Capital
Asunción
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · 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.
Ciudad del Este lies at 54.6°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 9.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 38 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:38 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 33m. The swing between them is 3h 11m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Ciudad del Este the sun comes up earliest on 1 December at 05:40, while the latest sunset waits until 13 January at 19:34. 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 Ciudad del Este that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Ciudad del Este, Paraguay is America/Asuncion with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Ciudad del Este has an estimated population of 300K and is located at coordinates 25.51°S, 54.61°W.
Ciudad del Este gets 13h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 33m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Ciudad del Este falls at about 12:38 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 9.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Border Where Three Countries Meet: 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.