Time now in Departamento de Río Chico

Departamento de Río Chico sits at latitude -48.25, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 10h 32m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.

Sunrise today lands at 08:30 and sunset at 07:02 local time, giving 10h 32m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-48.25, -71.00) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Departamento de Río Chico.

The zone identifier America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos keeps pointing at Rio Gallegos time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.