Time in Panama 🇵🇦
The current local time in Panama is anchored on Panama City (America/Panama, UTC -05:00 · EST).
Panama City local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EST
Panama at a glance
- Capital
- Panama City
- ISO codes
- PA · PAN
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +507
- Currency
- Panamanian Balboa (PAB) and US Dollar (USD)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Panama
All of Panama keeps the same clock, UTC -05:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Panama · Panama City | UTC -05:00 | — | None |
Panama City vs. major cities
How far Panama City is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Panama City, 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 Panama City | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Paris · France | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +10:30 h | 19:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Panama City 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 Panama City
Panama City has kept the same UTC -05:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Panama City stays on UTC -05:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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