Lima is located in Peru and uses the America/Lima timezone, currently GMT-5 from UTC. Lima does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:17 and sunset at 18:29 local time. The coordinates of Lima are 12.04°S, 77.03°W.

Today Lima gets 13 hours 12 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:53, almost exactly when the clock says midday.

Right now Lima shares its GMT-5 offset with Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Minneapolis, Austin. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Lima from…

From	Gap	Call at (Lima time)
🇺🇸 Washington D.C.	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇯🇲 Kingston	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇸 Nassau	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇺🇸 Baltimore	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇬🇧 London	+5h	09:00–12:00
🇺🇸 New York	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+13h	19:00–19:00 (early or late for one side)
🇦🇪 Dubai	+9h	07:00–11:00 (early or late for one side)

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Lima in?›

Lima is in the America/Lima timezone, currently GMT-5.

Does Lima observe daylight saving time?›

No. Lima does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT-5.

What is the UTC offset for Lima?›

Lima is currently GMT-5 from UTC (GMT-5).

Is Lima ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Lima is 5 hours behind London and 1 hour behind New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Lima in UTC?›

09:00 in Lima is 14:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-5 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Lima today?›

Today the sun rises in Lima at 05:17 and sets at 18:29 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.