Current Time in Santiago, Chile — CLST
Santiago, Chile
01:48:24 PMThursday, November 5, 2026
Quick answer
The current time in Santiago, Chile is 1:48 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Santiago is on daylight saving time, CLST (UTC-03:00), until 4 April 2027.
Pronunciation
Time facts about Santiago
- Most of mainland Chile changes clocks at midnight on Saturday: forward on the first Sunday on or after 2 September and back on the first Sunday on or after 2 April.Source: IANA tz database
- Chile's 1946 Law 8,522 defined legal time from the meridian of the Lo Espejo Astronomical Observatory, advanced by 42 minutes 45 seconds.Source: IANA tz database
- Santiago is two hours ahead of New York from November to mid-March and on the same time from April to early September.Source: IANA tz database
- Decreto 98 of 2026 renewed Chile's DST schedule through autumn 2029; Aysén (since 2025) and Magallanes keep UTC−3 year-round.Source: IANA tz database
- Santiago Mean Time, 4 h 42 min 45 s behind Greenwich, was used intermittently as official time until 1927.Source: IANA tz database
Time zone and daylight saving time in Santiago
- Time zone (IANA)
- America/Santiago
- Current offset
- CLST (UTC-03:00)
- Daylight saving
- Daylight saving time
- Offsets in the next 12 months
- UTC-04:00 and UTC-03:00
Next clock change: On Sunday 4 April 2027 at 00:00 local time, clocks go back 1 hour to 23:00, from CLST (UTC-03:00) to CLT (UTC-04:00).
Sun & twilight
Today
Sunrise
06:38 AM
Sunset
08:13 PM
Day length
13h 34m
Solar noon (sun highest): 01:26 PM
Daylight on the solstices
- December solstice (December 21, 2026)
- 14h 22m
- June solstice (June 21, 2027)
- 9h 56m
Time difference and working-hours overlap
Today's values; working day 09:00–17:00 in both places.
| City | Local time | Difference | Their 09:00–17:00 in Santiago | Overlap with Santiago |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | 10:48 | −3 h | 12:00–20:00 | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| Chicago | 10:48 | −3 h | 12:00–20:00 | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | 11:48 | −2 h | 11:00–19:00 | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| Toronto | 11:48 | −2 h | 11:00–19:00 | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| São Paulo | 13:48 | 0 h | 09:00–17:00 | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
| London | 16:48 | +3 h | 06:00–14:00 | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
Upcoming public holidays in Santiago
In 33 days
Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception)
Tue, Dec 8, 2026
PublicIn 50 days
Navidad / Natividad del Señor (Christmas Day)
Fri, Dec 25, 2026
PublicIn 57 days
Año Nuevo (New Year's Day)
Fri, Jan 1, 2027
Public
Airports near Santiago
- Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL15 km straight-line
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Santiago observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. On Sunday 4 April 2027 at 00:00 local time, clocks go back 1 hour to 23:00, from CLST (UTC-03:00) to CLT (UTC-04:00).
- What is the time difference between Santiago and London?
- London is 3 hours ahead of Santiago right now. During the year the gap varies between 3 hours and 5 hours, because the two cities change their clocks on different dates.
- When is the next public holiday in Santiago?
- Immaculate Conception, on Tuesday 8 December 2026.
- When do working hours in Santiago overlap with New York and London?
- New York's 09:00–17:00 overlaps Santiago's for 6 hours today (11:00–17:00 Santiago time); London's 09:00–17:00 overlaps Santiago's for 5 hours today (09:00–14:00 Santiago time).
Related pages
Time in other cities, compared with Santiago
Sources
Time zone rules: IANA tz database, applied when the page is generated; the clock runs in your browser. Sun times: NOAA solar equations at 33.46°S, 70.65°W (GeoNames). Holidays: Nager.Date. Airports: OurAirports. About our sources.