Peru
Time now in Santa Cruz
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18Sunset 06:16Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Lima
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
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Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
06:16
Day length
11h 58m
Coordinates
-6.11, -78.84
Time difference from Santa Cruz
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About the time in Santa Cruz
Sunrise today lands at 06:18 and sunset at 06:16 local time, giving 11h 58m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-6.11, -78.84) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Santa Cruz.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Santa Cruz 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.
Santa Cruz sits at latitude -6.11, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 11h 58m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa Cruz
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Lima, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Santa Cruz right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa Cruz, updating every second from America/Lima (UTC −5).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Santa Cruz?
- Santa Cruz is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Santa Cruz in?
- Santa Cruz uses America/Lima, currently UTC −5.
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