Costa Rica
Time now in Santiago
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 05:27Sunset 05:49Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
8,409
Sunrise
05:27
Sunset
05:49
Day length
12h 22m
Coordinates
10.01, -84.10
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.
Santiago sits at latitude 10.01, 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 Santiago
- When do the sun rise and set in Santiago today?
- Sunrise is at 05:27 and sunset at 05:49, 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.
- 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).
- Which time zone is Santiago in?
- Santiago uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
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