Current time in Santiago, Chile
The current local time in Santiago is shown below. Santiago observes CLST in winter and CLT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Santiago
- Standard abbreviation
- CLST
- DST abbreviation
- CLT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Santiago?
Chile operates on UTC-4 in winter and UTC-3 during summer, switching from the first Saturday of September to the first Saturday of April. The southern-hemisphere DST schedule is the inverse of the northern, and the six-month gap between transitions is among the longest applied to any DST regime. Easter Island operates two hours behind the mainland year-round, and the southernmost Magallanes region has held to UTC-3 year-round since a 2017 decision intended to give southern winter mornings more usable light.
What are the working hours in Santiago?
Santiago's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00, with a long lunch break of around 90 minutes typically taken in restaurants rather than at the desk. The financial district of Sanhattan in Las Condes operates conventional banking hours alongside the Santiago Stock Exchange. The September Fiestas Patrias around the 18th produce a four-day public holiday with extensive festivities, and the late-summer working calendar effectively pauses from late December through early February as offices reduce to skeleton staff.
Where is Santiago?
Santiago fills a flat basin at the foot of the Andes in central Chile, around 100 kilometres inland from the Pacific coast at Valparaíso. The metropolitan area holds around 7 million residents, roughly 40 percent of the country's total population, making the capital dominant in a way few other capitals match. The Mapocho River runs through the city from east to west, with the Andean peaks (including the 5,500-metre Tupungato) rising sharply on the eastern horizon. The Cerro San Cristóbal provides the central elevated viewpoint.