United States
Time now in Lima
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:23Sunset 07:53Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
160
Sunrise
06:23
Sunset
07:53
Day length
13h 30m
Coordinates
40.18, -91.38
Time difference from Lima
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Lima right now.
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About the time in Lima
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Lima day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Lima runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 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.
Lima is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lima
- What time is it in Lima right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lima, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is Lima in?
- Lima uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lima?
- Lima is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Lima change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
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