Time in Punta Arenas, Chile

The local standard in Punta Arenas is -03 — UTC-03:00, or 3 hours behind UTC. Systems that store time zones by name use America/Punta_Arenas for this part of the world.

Punta Arenas does not change its clocks. The same UTC-03:00 offset holds in January and July, which makes it a stable anchor for recurring calls.

Punta Arenas is one of 28 Chile cities here, spread over 2 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.

Population: about 117,430 — 24th largest of the 27 Chile cities indexed here.

Time difference between Punta Arenas and other cities

Current gap between Punta Arenas and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.

New York	UTC-04:00	Punta Arenas is 1 hour ahead
Los Angeles	UTC-07:00	Punta Arenas is 4 hours ahead
London	UTC+01:00	Punta Arenas is 4 hours behind
Paris	UTC+02:00	Punta Arenas is 5 hours behind
Dubai	UTC+04:00	Punta Arenas is 7 hours behind
Mumbai	UTC+05:30	Punta Arenas is 8 hours 30 minutes behind
Shanghai	UTC+08:00	Punta Arenas is 11 hours behind
Tokyo	UTC+09:00	Punta Arenas is 12 hours behind
Sydney	UTC+10:00	Punta Arenas is 13 hours behind
Sao Paulo	UTC-03:00	same time as Punta Arenas

Best time to call Punta Arenas

Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Punta Arenas local time.

Sao Paulo	09:00–17:00 in Punta Arenas	8 hours overlap
New York	10:00–17:00 in Punta Arenas	7 hours overlap
Los Angeles	13:00–17:00 in Punta Arenas	4 hours overlap
London	09:00–13:00 in Punta Arenas	4 hours overlap