| 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 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Guatemala City 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 Guatemala City lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Guatemala City 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 Guatemala City lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Guatemala City 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 Guatemala City.
Guatemala City (Guatemala) is home to roughly 3.0M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:51, sunset at 17:52. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 15° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Guatemala
Capital
Guatemala City 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/Guatemala
Coordinates
14.63°N, 90.51°W
Currency
GTQ (Q)
Calling Code
+502
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Guatemala's capital has been relocated three times, twice because of natural disasters — from Iximché to Ciudad Vieja after a revolt, to Antigua after a flood, and to its present site in 1776 after earthquakes. The country sits on the meeting point of three tectonic plates.
The clock: Guatemala City keeps UTC−6 with no seasonal change. It sits at about 1,500 metres, which gives it a spring-like climate year round.
Guatemala City lies at 90.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:02, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC−6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 16m. The swing between them is 1h 44m. 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 Guatemala City the sun comes up earliest on 3 June at 05:32, while the latest sunset waits until 10 July at 18:36. 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 Guatemala City that civil twilight runs about 21 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 Guatemala City, Guatemala is America/Guatemala with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.
Guatemala City has an estimated population of 3.0M and is located at coordinates 14.63°N, 90.51°W. It is the capital city of Guatemala.
Guatemala City gets 13h of daylight on its longest day and 11h 16m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Guatemala City falls at about 12:02 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital That Moved Three Times: Guatemala's capital has been relocated three times, twice because of natural disasters — from Iximché to Ciudad Vieja after a revolt, to Antigua after a flood, and to its present site in 1776 after earthquakes.