Current local time in South America

For most South American countries the entire country’s territory belongs to the same time zone, so that it’s always the same time all across the country.

For South American countries with multiple time zones, there is a separate row for each time zone in the table below.

Country or Territory Time and Time Zone Cities in this Time Zone
Argentina
-03 or UTC-03:00
Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, San Miguel de Tucumán, all Argentina’s cities
Bolivia
-04 or UTC-04:00
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, La Paz, Sucre, Oruro, all Bolivia’s cities
Brazil
Brasília official time

-03 or UTC-03:00
São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte
Brazil
Brasília time − 1

-04 or UTC-04:00
Manaus, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Porto Velho, Várzea Grande
Brazil
Brasília time − 2

-05 or UTC-05:00
Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, Sena Madureira, Tarauacá, Feijó
Brazil
Brasília time + 1

-02 or UTC-02:00
Itamaraca, Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual)
Chile
Continental Chile

-03 or UTC-03:00
Santiago, Puente Alto, Antofagasta, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso
Chile
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica

-03 or UTC-03:00
Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales
Chile
Easter Island

-05 or UTC-05:00
Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Hanga Roa
Colombia
-05 or UTC-05:00
Bogotá, Santiago de Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena, all Colombia’s cities
Ecuador
-05 or UTC-05:00
Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Machala, all Ecuador’s cities
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
-03 or UTC-03:00
Stanley
French Guiana
-03 or UTC-03:00
Cayenne, Matoury, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Kourou, Remire-Montjoly, all French Guiana’s cities
Guyana
-04 or UTC-04:00
Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Anna Regina, Bartica, all Guyana’s cities
Paraguay
-03 or UTC-03:00
Asunción, Ciudad del Este, San Lorenzo, Capiatá, Lambaré, all Paraguay’s cities
Peru
-05 or UTC-05:00
Lima, Arequipa, Callao, Trujillo, Chiclayo, all Peru’s cities
Suriname
-03 or UTC-03:00
Paramaribo, Lelydorp, Brokopondo, Nieuw Nickerie, Moengo, all Suriname’s cities
Uruguay
-03 or UTC-03:00
Montevideo, Salto, Paysandú, Las Piedras, Rivera, all Uruguay’s cities
Venezuela
-04 or UTC-04:00
Caracas, Maracaibo, Maracay, Valencia, Barquisimeto, all Venezuela’s cities