Belize — America/Belize
The current local time in the America/Belize IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Belize in the area around Belize. The zone is currently at UTC -06:00 · CST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Belize
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -06:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Belize
Belize vs. major cities
How far Belize is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Belize, 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 Belize | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Paris · France | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +10 h | 19:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +11:30 h | 20:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Belize 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 Belize
Since 1970, Belize has gone through 5 distinct time-keeping periods, none of them with daylight saving time. Since 1983 it has stayed on UTC -06:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Belize stays on UTC -06:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1972 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1973 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974–1981 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1982 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983–2026 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Belize
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Belize on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Bahia_Banderas Chihuahua America/Chihuahua Costa Rica America/Costa_Rica El Salvador America/El_Salvador Guatemala America/Guatemala Managua America/Managua Merida America/Merida Mexico City America/Mexico_City Monterrey America/Monterrey Regina America/Regina Swift Current America/Swift_Current Tegucigalpa America/Tegucigalpa Galapagos Pacific/Galapagos More references for America/Belize
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