Chile
Time now in Calama
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:53Sunset 06:21Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Santiago
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
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Sunrise
06:53
Sunset
06:21
Day length
11h 28m
Coordinates
-22.16, -68.63
Time difference from Calama
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Calama right now.
Calama on the map
About the time in Calama
The zone identifier America/Santiago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Santiago keeps pointing at Santiago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Calama runs on America/Santiago, which puts the city UTC −4 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Sunrise today lands at 06:53 and sunset at 06:21 local time, giving 11h 28m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-22.16, -68.63) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Calama.
Frequently asked questions about time in Calama
- What are normal business hours in Calama in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Calama runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Calama?
- Calama is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Calama in?
- Calama uses America/Santiago, currently UTC −4.
- What time is it in Calama right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Calama, updating every second from America/Santiago (UTC −4).
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