| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +8h | Becomes +7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +10h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +15h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +16h | Becomes +17h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +2h | Becomes +1h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 1 Nov |
San Salvador, El Salvador runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between San Salvador and New York is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in San Salvador lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between San Salvador and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in San Salvador lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between San Salvador and Tokyo is 15 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 Mexico City, Calgary, Edmonton. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from San Salvador.
San Salvador (El Salvador) is home to roughly 1.8M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:46, sunset at 17:47. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 14° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
El Salvador
Capital
San Salvador 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.69°N, 89.22°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+503
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
San Salvador sits in a valley locals call Valle de las Hamacas for its near-constant seismic movement, and has been largely destroyed by earthquakes at least ten times since 1524.
The clock: El Salvador keeps UTC−6. In 2021 it became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, a policy it scaled back in 2025.
San Salvador lies at 89.2°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:57, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC−6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 56m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 19m. The swing between them is 1h 37m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In San Salvador the sun comes up earliest on 2 June at 05:28, while the latest sunset waits until 11 July at 18:29. 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 San Salvador 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 San Salvador, El Salvador is America/El_Salvador with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.
San Salvador has an estimated population of 1.8M and is located at coordinates 13.69°N, 89.22°W. It is the capital city of El Salvador.
San Salvador gets 12h 56m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 19m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in San Salvador falls at about 11:57 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 0.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Valley of the Hammocks: San Salvador sits in a valley locals call Valle de las Hamacas for its near-constant seismic movement, and has been largely destroyed by earthquakes at least ten times since 1524.