Bolivia · BOT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Potosí, Bolivia runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Potosí and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Potosí lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Potosí and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Potosí lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Potosí 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 Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Potosí.
Practical Info
Potosí (Bolivia) is home to roughly 250K people. Today brings about 10.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:00, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 20° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Bolivia
Capital
Sucre
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BOT · America/La_Paz
Coordinates
19.58°S, 65.75°W
Currency
BOB (Bs.)
Calling Code
+591
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Cerro Rico produced an enormous share of the silver that flowed into Spain from the 1540s, and Potosí grew to perhaps 160,000 people — briefly one of the largest cities in the world. The Spanish phrase vale un Potosí, worth a fortune, comes from it.
The clock: Potosí keeps UTC−4 at about 4,090 metres, which makes it one of the highest cities of any size on Earth. The mountain is still mined, by cooperatives, in conditions little changed in centuries.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap