Time in El Salvador now
6:06AMCST
CSTUTC−6−1 h vs New York (you)America/El_Salvador
No clock changes: El Salvador stays on CST (UTC−6) all year.
Time zone in El Salvador
El Salvador uses a single time zone: Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
San Salvador lies at 89.2° west, where mean solar time is UTC−5:57 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 3 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in El Salvador
No. El Salvador does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 1988, after 2 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of El Salvador
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−5:57 in San Salvador), which ended on December 31, 1920, when CST (UTC−6) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 2 of the 55 years, most recently in 1988. The first summer time in the record dates from 1987. The table summarises the clocks of El Salvador year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/El_Salvador.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1986 | UTC−6 all year | CST |
| 1987–1988 | UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer | CST, CDT |
| 1989 onward | UTC−6 all year | CST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert El Salvador time
Time difference between El Salvador and major cities
| City | Local time now | El Salvador vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −2 h | 7 h / 6 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| London | 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −7 h | 2 h / 1 h |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −8 h | 1 h / none |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h | −10 h | −10 h | none / none |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h 30 min | −11 h 30 min | −11 h 30 min | none / none |
| Singapore | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −14 h | −14 h | −14 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −14 h | −14 h | −14 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −15 h | −15 h | −15 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how El Salvador’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in El Salvador overlaps New York’s for 7 h in January (9:00 AM–4:00 PM El Salvador time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in El Salvador it is 10:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in El Salvador overlaps London’s for 2 h in January (9:00 AM–11:00 AM El Salvador time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in El Salvador it is 3:00 PM in London.
El Salvador and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in El Salvador, it is 8:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 8:30 PM the day before in El Salvador is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from San Salvador and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Town Cayman Islands | 1,040 km | 7:06 AM EST | +1 h |
| Havana Cuba | 1,270 km | 8:06 AM CDT | +2 h |
| Nassau Bahamas | 1,770 km | 7:06 AM EST | +1 h |
| Tepic Mexico | 1,880 km | 5:06 AM MST | −1 h |
| Houston United States | 1,900 km | 6:06 AM CST | +0 h |
| Maracaibo Venezuela | 1,940 km | 8:06 AM UTC−4 | +2 h |
Same clock as El Salvador
These places keep exactly the same time as El Salvador all year under the current rules (zones America/Bahia_Banderas, America/Belize, America/Chihuahua, America/Costa_Rica, America/Edmonton and 10 more).
Cities in El Salvador
El Salvador at a glance
- CapitalSan Salvador
- Population6,365,503
- Time zone IDAmerica/El_Salvador
- Standard timeCST (UTC−6)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+503