Costa Rica
Time now in Santiago
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28Sunset 05:51Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
11,512
Sunrise
05:28
Sunset
05:51
Day length
12h 22m
Coordinates
9.82, -84.31
Time difference from Santiago
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Santiago right now.
Santiago on the map
About the time in Santiago
The zone identifier America/Costa_Rica is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Costa_Rica keeps pointing at Costa Rica time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Santiago runs on America/Costa_Rica, which puts the city UTC −6 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.
Sunrise today lands at 05:28 and sunset at 05:51 local time, giving 12h 22m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (9.82, -84.31) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Santiago.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santiago
- When do the sun rise and set in Santiago today?
- Sunrise is at 05:28 and sunset at 05:51, giving 12h 22m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Santiago in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Santiago runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Santiago?
- Santiago is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Santiago right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santiago, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
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