Santiago Time Zone Converter

Time Zone Converter for Santiago

Santiago, in Santiago Metropolitan, keeps UTC−3 in November 2026. Mainland Chile uses UTC−4 in winter and UTC−3 in summer. The clocks go back on the first Saturday night of April and forward on the first Saturday night of September, though the dates are set by government decree and have changed several times.

Facts that change the answer

• Time zone: America/Santiago (UTC−3 in November 2026)
• Clock changes ahead: UTC−3 → UTC−4 on 4 April 2027; UTC−4 → UTC−3 on 5 September 2027
• Solar noon on 10 November 2026: 1:26 PM local clock time (longitude -70.65°)
• 9:00 AM on Tuesday 10 November 2026 in Santiago = 7:00 AM in New York, 12:00 PM in London, 5:30 PM in Mumbai, 9:00 PM in Tokyo
• Same 9:00 AM on 13 July 2027: 9:00 AM New York, 2:00 PM London, 6:30 PM Mumbai, 10:00 PM Tokyo

Worked example for Santiago

If both offices work 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Santiago and London share 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Santiago on 10 November 2026, when Santiago is 3 hours behind London. On 13 July 2027 Santiago is 5 hours behind London, so the shared window becomes 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Santiago.

On 21 December 2026 the sun rises in Santiago at about 6:29 AM and sets at 8:51 PM (14 h 22 min of daylight). On 21 June 2027 it rises at 7:46 AM and sets at 5:41 PM (9 h 55 min). Because Santiago lies about 103 minutes west of the meridian its clock is based on, solar noon falls after 12:00 by that much, before the equation of time is added.

Nearby, Lima (2,468 km away, Peru) is on UTC−5; São Paulo (2,584 km away, Brazil) is on UTC−3; Rio de Janeiro (2,925 km away, Brazil) is on UTC−3 (straight-line, GeoNames). Coordinates of Santiago: -33.46°, -70.65°, elevation 556 m.

Sources: IANA time zone database · GeoNames. Checked 5 November 2026. For how the maths works, see the Time Zone Converter guide.