Time in Argentina now
9:05AMUTC−3
UTC−3+2 h vs New York (you)America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
No clock changes: Argentina stays on UTC−3 all year.
Time zone in Argentina
Argentina uses a single time zone: UTC−3 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Buenos Aires lies at 58.4° west, where mean solar time is UTC−3:54 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 54 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:54 PM.
Daylight saving time in Argentina
No. Argentina does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in the southern summer of 2008–09, after 8 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Argentina
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−3:54 in Buenos Aires), which ended on October 30, 1894, when CMT (UTC−4:17) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 8 of the 55 years, most recently in 2008. The first summer time in the record dates from 1930. The table summarises the clocks of Argentina year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC−3 all year | — |
| 1974 | mostly UTC−3; also UTC−2 for part of the year | — |
| 1975–1987 | UTC−3 all year | — |
| 1988 | UTC−3 until December 1, then UTC−2 | — |
| 1989–1992 | UTC−3 in winter, UTC−2 in summer | — |
| 1993 | UTC−2 until March 7, then UTC−3 | — |
| 1994–2006 | UTC−3 all year | — |
| 2007 | UTC−3 until December 30, then UTC−2 | — |
| 2008 | UTC−3 in winter, UTC−2 in summer | — |
| 2009 | UTC−2 until March 15, then UTC−3 | — |
| 2010 onward | UTC−3 all year | — |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, October 5, 1969, from UTC−4 to UTC−3.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Argentina time
Time difference between Argentina and major cities
| City | Local time now | Argentina vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h | +5 h | +4 h | 3 h / 4 h |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −4 h | 5 h / 4 h |
| Berlin | 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −5 h | 4 h / 3 h |
| Dubai | 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −7 h | 1 h / 1 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h 30 min | −8 h 30 min | −8 h 30 min | none / none |
| Singapore | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h | −11 h | −11 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h | −11 h | −11 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −12 h | −12 h | −12 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Argentina’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Argentina overlaps New York’s for 6 h in January (11:00 AM–5:00 PM Argentina time), 7 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Argentina it is 7:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Argentina overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (9:00 AM–2:00 PM Argentina time), 4 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Argentina it is 12:00 PM in London.
Argentina and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Argentina, it is 5:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 11:30 PM the day before in Argentina is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Buenos Aires and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Chile | 1,140 km | 9:05 AM UTC−3 | +0 h |
| Sucre Bolivia | 1,860 km | 8:05 AM UTC−4 | −1 h |
| Arequipa Peru | 2,410 km | 7:05 AM UTC−5 | −2 h |
Same clock as Argentina
These places keep exactly the same time as Argentina all year under the current rules (zones America/Araguaina, America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Jujuy, America/Argentina/La_Rioja and 23 more).
Cities in Argentina
Argentina at a glance
- CapitalBuenos Aires
- Population45,851,378
- Time zone IDAmerica/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Standard timeUTC−3
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+54