Time in Uruguay 🇺🇾
The current local time in Uruguay is anchored on Montevideo (America/Montevideo, UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Montevideo local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3
Uruguay at a glance
- Capital
- Montevideo
- ISO codes
- UY · URY
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +598
- Currency
- Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Uruguay
All of Uruguay keeps the same clock, UTC -03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Montevideo · Montevideo | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
Montevideo vs. major cities
How far Montevideo is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Montevideo, 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 Montevideo | 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 Montevideo 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 Montevideo
Since 1970, Montevideo has gone through 15 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 20 of 57 years. Since 2015 it has stayed on UTC -03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Montevideo stays on UTC -03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (15 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the last Saturday in April, back on the second Sunday in June |
| 1971 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1972 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the fourth Sunday in April, back on the third Sunday in July |
| 1973 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1975 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1976 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1977–1979 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1980–1986 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1987 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1988–1992 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1993–2003 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2004 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2005–2014 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in October, back on the second Sunday in March (since 2006) |
| 2015–2026 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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