Bolivia · BOT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Santa Cruz de la Sierra 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Santa Cruz de la Sierra 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Santa Cruz de la Sierra 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Practical Info
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) is home to roughly 1.9M people. Today brings about 11.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 17:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 18° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Bolivia
Capital
Sucre
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BOT · America/La_Paz
Coordinates
17.78°S, 63.18°W
Currency
BOB (Bs.)
Calling Code
+591
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Santa Cruz has grown from around 40,000 people in 1950 to over 1.7 million, overtaking La Paz to become Bolivia's largest city and generating the largest share of national output.
The clock: Bolivia keeps UTC−4 with no daylight saving. Santa Cruz sits in the eastern lowlands at about 400 metres, four hours and 3,000 vertical metres from the capital.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap