South America time zones

Current time in capital cities

GMT/UTC offsets and time zone abbreviations

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Buenos AiresLa PazBrasiliaSantiagoBogotaQuitoAsuncionLimaParamariboMontevideoCaracasGMT

Time differences or offsets between various time zones in South America and GMT/UTC range from 2 to 5 hours, and, as they are all east of the Prime Meridian or longitude zero, the offset has minus sign in front of it.

Some South American countries do not observe DST, scroll down for a table of time zone abbreviations and offsets,for each country and territory.

GMT/UTC offsets for South America time zones

TZ abbrCountry / territoryStandardDST
ARTArgentinaGMT-3NO DST
BOTBoliviaGMT-4NO DST
BRT/BRSTBrazil - Brasilia TimeGMT-3NO DST
AMT/AMSTBrazil - Amazon TimeGMT-4NO DST
ACTBrazil - Acre TimeGMT-5NO DST
FNTBrazil - Fernando de NororonhaGMT-2NO DST
CLT/CLSTChileGMT-4GMT-3
EAST/EASSTChile, Easter IslandGMT-6GMT-5
COTColombiaGMT-4NO DST
ECTEcuadorGMT-5NO DST
PYT/PYSTParaguayGMT-4GMT-3
PETPeruGMT-5NO DST
SRTSurinameGMT-3NO DST
UYT/UYSTUruguayGMT-3NO DST
VETVenezuelaGMT-4NO DST
FKT/FKSTFalkland IslandsGMT-3NO DST
GYTGuyanaGMT-4NO DST
GFTFrench GuianaGMT-3NO DST
SRTSouth Georgia and Sandwich IslandsGMT-2NO DST

BrazilArgentinaChileUruguayGuianaSurinameBoliviaPeruEcuadorColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaParaguay

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