El Salvador · CST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
San Salvador, El Salvador runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 2-hour difference between San Salvador and New York. 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. There is a 7-hour difference between San Salvador and London. 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. There is a 15-hour difference between San Salvador 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 Mexico City, Denver, Calgary. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from San Salvador.
Practical Info
San Salvador (El Salvador) is home to roughly 1.8M people. Today brings about 13.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 18:30. 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.
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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.
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