| 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 |
La Plata, Argentina runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between La Plata 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 La Plata lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between La Plata 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 La Plata lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between La Plata 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 La Plata.
La Plata (Argentina) is home to roughly 790K people. Today brings about 12.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:29, sunset at 18:53. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 35° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Argentina
Capital
Buenos Aires
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
Coordinates
34.92°S, 57.95°W
Currency
ARS ($)
Calling Code
+54
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
La Plata was laid out in 1882 as a five-kilometre square with a diagonal street grid and a park every six blocks. It won two gold medals at the 1889 Paris exposition for its plan, and was among the first cities in the world with electric street lighting.
The clock: La Plata keeps UTC−3. Its cathedral, begun in 1884, was only finished in 1999.
La Plata lies at 58.0°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 13.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 52 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:52 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 14h 30m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 9h 48m. The swing between them is 4h 42m. 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 La Plata the sun comes up earliest on 7 December at 05:31, while the latest sunset waits until 7 January at 20:09. 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 La Plata that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 30 minutes at the solstice.
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 La Plata, Argentina is America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
La Plata has an estimated population of 790K and is located at coordinates 34.92°S, 57.95°W.
La Plata gets 14h 30m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 48m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in La Plata falls at about 12:52 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 13.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Designed as a Perfect Square: La Plata was laid out in 1882 as a five-kilometre square with a diagonal street grid and a park every six blocks.