Panama
Time now in Panama
Sunrise 06:12Sunset 06:34Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Panama
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
4,176,873
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
06:34
Day length
12h 22m
Coordinates
9.00, -80.00
Time difference from Panama
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Panama right now.
Panama on the map
About the time in Panama
Panama runs on America/Panama, 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Panama 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.
Panama sits at latitude 9.00, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 22m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Panama
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Panama?
- Panama is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Panama right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Panama, updating every second from America/Panama (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Panama, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Panama in?
- Panama uses America/Panama, currently UTC −5.
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