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Punta Arenas

UTC−3

Chile · UTC−3

Winter
21:45:15Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 10:00↓ 17:3024:00
Sunrise
10:00
Sunset
17:30
Daylight
7.5hrs
Population
130K
Season
Winter
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Punta Arenas, Chile 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 Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas.

Practical Info

Punta Arenas (Chile) is home to roughly 130K people. Today brings about 7.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 10:00, sunset at 17:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 53° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Chile

Chile

Capital

Santiago

Continent

South America

Time Zone

UTC−3 · America/Punta_Arenas

Coordinates

53.16°S, 70.91°W

Currency

CLP ($)

Calling Code

+56

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

Spanish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A City That Lost Its Reason to Exist

Punta Arenas boomed as the coaling and supply stop for every ship rounding South America — until the Panama Canal opened in 1914 and the traffic vanished almost overnight.

The clock: the Magallanes region keeps UTC−3 year-round, an hour ahead of the rest of Chile in winter — the only part of the country that does not change its clocks.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

3h overlap
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