| 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 |
Encarnación, 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 Encarnación 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 Encarnación lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Encarnación 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 Encarnación lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Encarnación 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 Encarnación.
Encarnación (Paraguay) is home to roughly 130K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:23, sunset at 18:43. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 27° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Paraguay
Capital
Asunción
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · America/Asuncion
Coordinates
27.33°S, 55.87°W
Currency
PYG (₲)
Calling Code
+595
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish, Guaraní
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Yacyretá dam raised the Paraná and flooded Encarnación's old lower town in the 2000s, so the city was relocated to higher ground and given a new artificial beach along the new waterline.
The clock: Encarnación keeps UTC−3. Its carnival is the largest in Paraguay, held in a purpose-built corsódromo.
Encarnación lies at 55.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 10.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 43 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:43 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 52m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 25m. The swing between them is 3h 27m. 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 Encarnación the sun comes up earliest on 2 December at 05:41, while the latest sunset waits until 12 January at 19:43. 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 Encarnación 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 Encarnación, Paraguay is America/Asuncion with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Encarnación has an estimated population of 130K and is located at coordinates 27.33°S, 55.87°W.
Encarnación gets 13h 52m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Encarnación falls at about 12:43 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 10.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Moved Uphill: The Yacyretá dam raised the Paraná and flooded Encarnación's old lower town in the 2000s, so the city was relocated to higher ground and given a new artificial beach along the new waterline.