Uruguay · UYT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Montevideo, Uruguay runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between Montevideo and New York. 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 Montevideo lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Montevideo and London. 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 Montevideo lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Montevideo and Tokyo. 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, Santiago. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Montevideo.
Practical Info
Montevideo (Uruguay) is home to roughly 1.7M people. Today brings about 9.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:48, sunset at 17:36. 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
Uruguay
Capital
Montevideo 👑
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UYT · America/Montevideo
Coordinates
34.90°S, 56.16°W
Currency
UYU ($U)
Calling Code
+598
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Uruguay's carnival runs for roughly forty days, longer than any other. Its distinctive element is candombe, drummed on three interlocking drum sizes descended directly from the rhythms of enslaved Africans brought to the Río de la Plata.
The clock: Montevideo keeps UTC−3. Uruguay dropped daylight saving in 2015 after decades of switching.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap