| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 1 Nov |
Panama City, Panama runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Panama City 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: 09:00–17:00 in Panama City lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Panama City and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Panama City lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Panama City and Tokyo is 14 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 Bogotá, Lima, Quito. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Panama City.
Panama City (Panama) is home to roughly 1.9M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:09. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 9° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Panama
Capital
Panama City 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EST · America/Panama
Coordinates
8.98°N, 79.52°W
Currency
PAB (B/.)
Calling Code
+507
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Panama Canal lifts vessels about 26 metres up to Gatun Lake and back down again, using gravity alone — roughly 200 million litres of fresh water per transit, no pumps involved. Around 14,000 ships pass each year.
The clock: Panama keeps UTC−5, and because the isthmus bends, a ship heading from the Atlantic to the Pacific travels roughly south-east.
Panama City lies at 79.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 4.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 39m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 36m. The swing between them is 1h 3m. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Panama City the sun comes up earliest on 29 May at 05:57, while the latest sunset waits until 15 July at 18:42. 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 Panama 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 Panama City, Panama is America/Panama with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Panama City has an estimated population of 1.9M and is located at coordinates 8.98°N, 79.52°W. It is the capital city of Panama.
Panama City gets 12h 39m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 36m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Panama City falls at about 12:18 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 4.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Canal That Raises Ships 26 Metres: The Panama Canal lifts vessels about 26 metres up to Gatun Lake and back down again, using gravity alone — roughly 200 million litres of fresh water per transit, no pumps involved. Around 14,000 ships pass each year.