Current time in Lima
Live local time, date and time zone information for Lima, Peru.
Current time in Lima
09:12:23
America/Lima · UTC-05:00
Time zone in Lima
Lima is in Peru and uses the America/Lima time zone. Lima does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays on Peru Standard Time (UTC-05:00) all year.
Sunrise and sunset in Lima
Sun and clock in Lima
Lima sits almost exactly on the meridian its time zone is built around, so the clock and the sun agree here about as closely as they do anywhere: averaged over the year, solar noon falls at 12:08 by the standard clock, within 8 minutes of twelve.
Daylight through the year in Lima
At 12.0°S latitude, Lima sees its longest day around the December solstice, when the sun is above the horizon for about 12 h 50 m. The shortest day comes six months later at roughly 11 h 25 m, a swing of about 1 h 25 m between midsummer and midwinter.
Within the tropics the sun passes directly overhead twice a year, and the seasonal change in day length stays under 1 h 25 m.
Seasons are reversed south of the equator. On the December solstice, midsummer here, the sun rises in Lima at about 05:41 and sets at about 18:31; on the June solstice, midwinter, it rises at about 06:27 and sets at about 17:52.
When the clocks change in Lima
Lima does not change its clocks. The offset stays at UTC-05:00 every day of the year, so a time arranged here means the same thing in January as it does in July. That makes Lima a straightforward place to schedule against — there is no window in the calendar where a recurring meeting quietly shifts by an hour.
Of the cities compared further down this page, New York, London and Sydney do change their clocks, so their difference from Lima moves by an hour twice a year; Dubai, New Delhi, Singapore and Tokyo do not, so those differences never change.
Calling Lima from another time zone
A working day of roughly 09:00 to 17:00 in Lima corresponds to 14:00–22:00 UTC. To find the equivalent window where you are, add your own offset to those hours: somewhere on UTC+00:00 would be looking at 14:00–22:00.
Taking a working day as 09:00 to 17:00 in each place:
- New York’s working day overlaps with Lima’s for 7 hours, from 09:00 to 16:00 Lima time.
- London overlaps for only 2 hours, from 09:00 to 11:00 Lima time — late in the day at one end and early at the other.
- Tokyo has no overlap at all: when it is 09:00 there, it is already 19:00 in Lima, so a call means an early start or a late finish for someone.
These windows use the offsets in force on 2026-10-09; where one side observes daylight saving and the other does not, they move by an hour twice a year.
Time difference from your location
Lima is currently on UTC-05:00. Once the page has loaded, this section compares it with the time zone your browser reports.
Lima compared with other cities
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Nearby cities
Lima is the only place in this directory on America/Lima; the nearby cities listed below all keep different zones. The nearest listed city on a different zone identifier is Bogotá, about 1890 km away on America/Bogota, which shows the same clock time as Lima today.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-10-09. Sun times: NOAA solar equations for 12.05°S, 77.04°W, flat horizon at sea level.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Lima in?
Lima uses the America/Lima time zone — Peru Standard Time, UTC-05:00.
Does Lima use daylight saving time?
Lima does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays on Peru Standard Time (UTC-05:00) all year.
What is the UTC offset for Lima?
The standard offset is UTC-05:00 all year. The clock at the top of this page shows the offset that applies right now.
What is the time difference between Lima and my location?
The section above compares Lima with your own time zone as detected by your browser, and the table lists the difference against major cities worldwide.