Time in South America

Most South American countries keep an entire country in a single time zone, and 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	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, San Miguel de Tucumán, all Argentina’s cities
Bolivia	Mon 11:40 -04 or UTC-04:00	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, La Paz, Sucre, Oruro, all Bolivia’s cities
Brazil Brasília official time	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte
Brazil Brasília time − 1	Mon 11:40 -04 or UTC-04:00	Manaus, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Porto Velho, Várzea Grande
Brazil Brasília time − 2	Mon 10:40 -05 or UTC-05:00	Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, Sena Madureira, Tarauacá, Feijó
Brazil Brasília time + 1	Tue 01:40 -02 or UTC-02:00	Itamaraca, Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual)
Chile Continental Chile	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Santiago, Puente Alto, Antofagasta, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso
Chile Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales
Chile Easter Island	Mon 10:40 -05 or UTC-05:00	Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Hanga Roa
Colombia	Mon 10:40 -05 or UTC-05:00	Bogotá, Santiago de Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena, all Colombia’s cities
Ecuador	Mon 10:40 -05 or UTC-05:00	Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Machala, all Ecuador’s cities
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Stanley
French Guiana	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Cayenne, Matoury, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Kourou, Remire-Montjoly, all French Guiana’s cities
Guyana	Mon 11:40 -04 or UTC-04:00	Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Anna Regina, Bartica, all Guyana’s cities
Paraguay	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Asunción, Ciudad del Este, San Lorenzo, Capiatá, Lambaré, all Paraguay’s cities
Peru	Mon 10:40 -05 or UTC-05:00	Lima, Arequipa, Callao, Trujillo, Chiclayo, all Peru’s cities
Suriname	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Paramaribo, Lelydorp, Brokopondo, Nieuw Nickerie, Moengo, all Suriname’s cities
Uruguay	Tue 12:40 -03 or UTC-03:00	Montevideo, Salto, Paysandú, Las Piedras, Rivera, all Uruguay’s cities
Venezuela	Mon 11:40 -04 or UTC-04:00	Caracas, Maracaibo, Maracay, Valencia, Barquisimeto, all Venezuela’s cities