SOUTH AMERICA TIME ZONES - CURRENT TIME

South America uses five standard time zones. From west to east they are UTC - 5, UTC - 4, UTC - 4:30, UTC - 3 and UTC - 2. Countries in South America which use the UTC - 5 time zone are Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. UTC - 4:30 is the standard time in Venezuela. UTC - 4 is the standard time in Bolivia, part of Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay and UTC - 3 is the standard time for Argentina, part of Brazil and Uruguay. Several islands off the east coast of Brazil, including the twenty one islands in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha observe UTC - 2 standard time. Easter Island which is a special territory of Chile and the Galapagos Islands which are a part of Ecuador observe UTC - 6 standard time. Most countries in Central America use the UTC - 6 time zone except for Panama which observes UTC - 5.

Brazil uses three time zones. Much of Brazil follows Brasilia official time which is UTC - 3. Daylight Saving Time in Brazil is observed by most of the southern, southeastern and central western states. View more information about time zones and daylight saving time in Brazil.

Daylight Saving Time in South America is used by several countries, including Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. In addition, Easter Island and the Falkland Islands, use daylight saving time. The beginning and ending times vary for each country. Due to their global position south of the equator, countries in South America usually start daylight saving time in October or November and end the usage in January through March.

South America Time Zone Map

South America Time Zone Map

Standard Times in South America
UTC/GMT - 5
Standard Time
UTC/GMT - 4:30
Standard Time
UTC/GMT - 4
Standard Time
UTC/GMT - 3
Standard Time
UTC/GMT - 2
Standard Time
Friday
5/24/2013
4:12am
UTC/GMT -5
Friday
5/24/2013
4:42am
UTC/GMT -4:30
Friday
5/24/2013
5:12am
UTC/GMT -4
Friday
5/24/2013
6:12am
UTC/GMT -3
Friday
5/24/2013
7:12am
UTC/GMT -2

Daylight Saving Time is used in South America by
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Easter Island, Falkland Islands

Chile Paraguay Uruguay Easter Island Falkland Islands
Friday
5/24/2013
5:12am
UTC/GMT -4
Friday
5/24/2013
5:12am
UTC/GMT -4
Friday
5/24/2013
6:12am
UTC/GMT -3
Friday
5/24/2013
4:12am
UTC/GMT -5
Friday
5/24/2013
6:12am
UTC/GMT -3


Brazil Current Times
UTC - 4
year round
UTC - 4 Winter
UTC -3 Summer
UTC - 3
year round
UTC - 3 Winter
UTC -2 Summer
UTC - 2
year round


States of
Acre | Amazonas
part of Mato Grosso
Rondonia
Roraima


States of

part of Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul


States of

Alagoas | Ampa
Bahia
Ceara
Maranhao
Para | Paraiba
Pernambuco
Piaui
Rio Grande Norte
Sergipe

States of

Espirito Santo
Federal District
Goias
Minas Gerais
Parana
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande Sul
Santa Catarina
Sao Paulo
Tocantins

Islands and
Archipelago

Fernando de Noronha

Trindade
Martim Vaz
Friday
5/24/2013
5:12am
UTC/GMT -4
Friday
5/24/2013
5:12am
UTC/GMT -4
Friday
5/24/2013
6:12am
UTC/GMT -3
Friday
5/24/2013
6:12am
UTC/GMT -3
Friday
5/24/2013
7:12am
UTC/GMT -2

Place Time Zone
Abbreviations
UTC - Offset Standard Time Observe Daylight Savings Time UTC - Offset DST Time
Argentina ART UTC-3 No None
Bolivia BOT UTC-4 No None
Brazil (where using dst) more details BRT / BRST UTC-3 Yes UTC-2
Brazil (where using dst) more details BRT UTC-4 Yes UTC-3
Chile CLT / CLST UTC-4 Yes UTC-3
Colombia COT UTC-5 No None
Easter Island EAST / EASST UTC-6 Yes UTC-5
Ecuador ECT UTC-5 No None
Falkland Islands FKT / FKST UTC-4 Yes UTC-3
Fernando de Noronha FNT UTC-2 No None
French Guiana GFT UTC-3 No None
Galapagos Islands GALT UTC-6 No None
Guyana GYT UTC-4 No None
Paraguay PYT / PYST UTC-4 Yes UTC-3
Peru PET UTC-5 No None
Suriname SRT UTC-3 No None
Uruguay UYT UTC-3 Yes UTC-2
Venezuela VET UTC-4:30 No None

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