Peru
Time now in Santa María
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:00Sunset 05:43Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Lima
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
05:43
Day length
11h 43m
Coordinates
-15.72, -72.44
Time difference from Santa María
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Santa María right now.
Santa María on the map
About the time in Santa María
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Santa María 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 María 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa María
- What time is it in Santa María right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa María, updating every second from America/Lima (UTC −5).
- When do the sun rise and set in Santa María today?
- Sunrise is at 06:00 and sunset at 05:43, giving 11h 43m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Santa María?
- Santa María is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Santa María in?
- Santa María uses America/Lima, currently UTC −5.
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