Time in Argentina 🇦🇷
The current local time in Argentina is anchored on Buenos Aires (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Buenos Aires local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3
Argentina at a glance
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- ISO codes
- AR · ARG
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 12
- Dialing code
- +54
- Currency
- Argentine Peso (ARS)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Argentina
All of Argentina keeps the same clock, UTC -03:00, all year with no daylight saving time. The IANA tz database lists 12 zone identifiers for Argentina; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · Buenos Aires | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
America/Argentina/Cordoba · Córdoba | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
Buenos Aires vs. major cities
How far Buenos Aires is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Buenos Aires, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Buenos Aires | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +4 h | 13:00 | 09:00–13:00 |
| Paris · France | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Delhi · India | +8:30 h | 17:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +11 h | 20:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +11 h | 20:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Buenos Aires time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Buenos Aires
Since 1970, Buenos Aires has gone through 9 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 6 of 57 years. Since 2009 it has stayed on UTC -03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Buenos Aires stays on UTC -03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (9 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the fourth Wednesday in January, back on the first Wednesday in May |
| 1975–1987 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1988 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1989–1992 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the third Sunday in October, back on the first Sunday in March |
| 1993–2006 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2007 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2008 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the third Sunday in October, back on the third Sunday in March |
| 2009–2026 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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