Guatemala — America/Guatemala
The current local time in the America/Guatemala IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Guatemala in the area around Guatemala. The zone is currently at UTC -06:00 · CST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Guatemala
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -06:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Guatemala
Guatemala vs. major cities
How far Guatemala is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Guatemala, 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 Guatemala | 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 Guatemala 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 Guatemala
Since 1970, Guatemala has gone through 9 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 3 of 57 years. Since 2007 it has stayed on UTC -06:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Guatemala 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 |
| 1974–1982 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Forward on the third Saturday in May, back on the fourth Thursday in September |
| 1984–1990 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1991 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Forward on the fourth Saturday in March, back on the first Saturday in September |
| 1992–2005 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2006 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in April, back on the first Sunday in October |
| 2007–2026 | 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 Guatemala
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Guatemala on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Bahia_Banderas Belize America/Belize Chihuahua America/Chihuahua Costa Rica America/Costa_Rica El Salvador America/El_Salvador 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/Guatemala
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