Panama — America/Panama
The current local time in the America/Panama IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Panama. The zone is currently at UTC -05:00 · EST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Panama
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Panama
Panama vs. major cities
How far Panama is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Panama, 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 | 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 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
Panama 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 stays on UTC -05:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Panama
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Panama on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
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