| 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 |
Mar del 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 Mar del 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 Mar del Plata lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Mar del 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 Mar del Plata lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Mar del 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 Mar del Plata.
Mar del Plata (Argentina) is home to roughly 620K people. Today brings about 12.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:27, 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 38° 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
38.00°S, 57.56°W
Currency
ARS ($)
Calling Code
+54
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mar del Plata's population roughly doubles each January, from a little over 600,000 to well over a million, as much of Buenos Aires relocates for the month. Its sea lion colony sits in the middle of the working port.
The clock: Mar del Plata keeps UTC−3. Its film festival, founded in 1954, is the only A-category festival in Latin America.
Mar del Plata lies at 57.6°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 12.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 50 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:50 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 48m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 9h 31m. The swing between them is 5h 17m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Mar del Plata the sun comes up earliest on 8 December at 05:21, while the latest sunset waits until 5 January at 20:16. 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 Mar del Plata that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 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 Mar del Plata, Argentina is America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Mar del Plata has an estimated population of 620K and is located at coordinates 38.00°S, 57.56°W.
Mar del Plata gets 14h 48m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 31m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Mar del Plata falls at about 12:50 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 12.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Argentina's Summer Capital: Mar del Plata's population roughly doubles each January, from a little over 600,000 to well over a million, as much of Buenos Aires relocates for the month. Its sea lion colony sits in the middle of the working port.