Peru
Time now in Puerto Rico
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:52Sunset 05:54Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Lima
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
140
Sunrise
05:52
Sunset
05:54
Day length
12h 01m
Coordinates
-3.48, -72.77
Time difference from Puerto Rico
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Puerto Rico right now.
Puerto Rico on the map
About the time in Puerto Rico
The zone identifier America/Lima is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Lima keeps pointing at Lima time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Puerto Rico runs on America/Lima, 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.
Clocks in Puerto Rico stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −5 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Peru.
Frequently asked questions about time in Puerto Rico
- What are normal business hours in Puerto Rico in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Puerto Rico runs from 14:00–22:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Puerto Rico right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Puerto Rico, updating every second from America/Lima (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is Puerto Rico in?
- Puerto Rico uses America/Lima, currently UTC −5.
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