| 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 |
Managua, Nicaragua runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Managua 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 Managua lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Managua 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 Managua lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Managua 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 Managua.
Managua (Nicaragua) is home to roughly 1.4M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:34, sunset at 17:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Nicaragua
Capital
Managua 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/Managua
Coordinates
12.14°N, 86.27°W
Currency
NIO (C$)
Calling Code
+505
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Managua was made capital in 1852 purely because León and Granada, the two rival cities, could not agree which of them should have it. It sat roughly halfway between them.
The clock: Managua keeps UTC−6. The 1972 earthquake destroyed the city centre so thoroughly that it was never fully rebuilt — the old downtown is still largely open ground.
Managua lies at 86.3°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The 3.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 15 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:45 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 25m. The swing between them is 1h 26m. 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 Managua the sun comes up earliest on 1 June at 05:19, while the latest sunset waits until 12 July at 18:14. 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 Managua 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 Managua, Nicaragua is America/Managua with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.
Managua has an estimated population of 1.4M and is located at coordinates 12.14°N, 86.27°W. It is the capital city of Nicaragua.
Managua gets 12h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Managua falls at about 11:45 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 3.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Chosen to End an Argument: Managua was made capital in 1852 purely because León and Granada, the two rival cities, could not agree which of them should have it. It sat roughly halfway between them.