Time in Peru now
7:04AMUTC−5
UTC−5+0 h vs New York (you)America/Lima
No clock changes: Peru stays on UTC−5 all year.
Time zone in Peru
Peru uses a single time zone: UTC−5 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Lima lies at 77.0° west, where mean solar time is UTC−5:08 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 8 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Peru
No. Peru does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in the southern summer of 1994–95, after 4 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Peru
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−5:08 in Lima), which ended on January 1, 1890, when LMT (UTC−5:09) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 4 of the 55 years, most recently in 1994. The first summer time in the record dates from 1938. The table summarises the clocks of Peru year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Lima.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1985 | UTC−5 all year | — |
| 1986 | UTC−4 until April 1, then UTC−5 | — |
| 1987 | UTC−4 until April 1, then UTC−5 | — |
| 1988–1989 | UTC−5 all year | — |
| 1990 | UTC−4 until April 1, then UTC−5 | — |
| 1991–1993 | UTC−5 all year | — |
| 1994 | UTC−4 until April 1, then UTC−5 | — |
| 1995 onward | UTC−5 all year | — |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Peru time
Time difference between Peru and major cities
| City | Local time now | Peru vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +0 h | 0 h | −1 h | 8 h / 7 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −6 h | 3 h / 2 h |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −7 h | 2 h / 1 h |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −9 h | none / none |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h 30 min | −10 h 30 min | −10 h 30 min | none / none |
| Singapore | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −13 h | −13 h | −13 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −13 h | −13 h | −13 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −14 h | −14 h | −14 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Peru’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Peru overlaps London’s for 3 h in January (9:00 AM–12:00 PM Peru time), 2 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Peru it is 2:00 PM in London.
Peru and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Peru, it is 7:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 9:30 PM the day before in Peru is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Lima and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Paz Bolivia | 1,080 km | 8:04 AM UTC−4 | +1 h |
| Salta Argentina | 1,870 km | 9:04 AM UTC−3 | +2 h |
| Santiago Chile | 2,470 km | 9:04 AM UTC−3 | +2 h |
Same clock as Peru
These places keep exactly the same time as Peru all year under the current rules (zones America/Bogota, America/Cancun, America/Eirunepe, America/Guayaquil, America/Jamaica and 3 more).
Cities in Peru
Peru at a glance
- CapitalLima
- Population34,576,665
- Time zone IDAmerica/Lima
- Standard timeUTC−5
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+51