Chile · CLT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Temuco, Chile runs on UTC−3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−4 in winter, UTC−3 in summer. Next change: 5 Apr. There is a 1-hour difference between Temuco 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 Temuco lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Temuco 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 Temuco lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Temuco 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 Temuco.
Practical Info
Temuco (Chile) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 9.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 08:12, sunset at 17:36. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−4 in winter, UTC−3 in summer. Next change: 5 Apr. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 39° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Chile
Capital
Santiago
Continent
South America
Time Zone
CLT · America/Santiago
Coordinates
38.74°S, 72.60°W
Currency
CLP ($)
Calling Code
+56
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Mapuche resisted both the Inca and the Spanish, and were not brought under Chilean state control until the 1880s — one of the longest indigenous resistances in the Americas. Temuco is the centre of Mapuche population today.
The clock: Temuco keeps Chilean time. Pablo Neruda spent his childhood here and wrote about its rain at length.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap