Time in Chile 🇨🇱
The current local time in Chile is anchored on Santiago (America/Santiago, UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Santiago local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3
Chile at a glance
- Capital
- Santiago
- ISO codes
- CL · CHL
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 4
- Dialing code
- +56
- Currency
- Chilean Peso (CLP)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Chile
All of Chile keeps the same clock: UTC -04:00 in standard time and UTC -03:00 during daylight saving time. The IANA tz database lists 4 zone identifiers for Chile; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Santiago · Santiago | UTC -04:00 | UTC -03:00 | Back 5 April · Forward 6 September |
Santiago vs. major cities
How far Santiago is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Santiago, 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 Santiago | 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 Santiago 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 Santiago
Since 1970, Santiago has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 56 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2016, is UTC -04:00 with UTC -03:00 in daylight saving time.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 5 April 2026 | Back 1 hour | 00:00 → 23:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 6 September 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 00:00 → 01:00 | UTC -03:00 |
| Sunday, 4 April 2027 | Back 1 hour | 00:00 → 23:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 5 September 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 00:00 → 01:00 | UTC -03:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–2014 | UTC -04:00, DST UTC -03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 2015 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2016–2026 | UTC -04:00, DST UTC -03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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