Guatemala City uses America/Guatemala — UTC-06:00 (CST) in standard time. It is located in Guatemala. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Guatemala City's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Guatemala City uses UTC-06:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC-06:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Guatemala City is America/Guatemala. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Quetzaltenango, Escuintla
Currency: Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ). Calling code: +502. Languages: Spanish.
Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala), also known colloquially by the nickname Guate, is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. It serves as the municipal capital of the surrounding Guatemala Department. Its metropolitan area is also the largest in Central America.
The city is located in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita (English: 'Hermitage Valley') in the south-central part of the country.
Guatemala City is the site of the native Mayan city of Kaminaljuyu in Mesoamerica, which was occupied primarily between 1500 BCE and 1200 CE. The present city was founded by the Spanish after their colonial capital, now called Antigua Guatemala, was destroyed by the devastating 1773 Santa Marta earthquake and its aftershocks.
It became the third royal capital of the surrounding Captaincy General of Guatemala; which itself was part of the larger Viceroyalty of New Spain in imperial Spanish America and remained under colonial rule until the nineteenth century.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Guatemala City. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
994,938 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Guatemala.
America/Guatemala · UTC-06:00 (CST).
No daylight saving time.
Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ) · +502.
Escuintla, Quetzaltenango, San Pedro Sula
La Aurora International Airport (GUA) about 6.6 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 25.9°C and lows 14.9°C. Warmest month: May (average high 30.3°C); coolest month: February (average low 11.7°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Region: Guatemala · IANA zone: America/Guatemala · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
Current time in major cities compared to Guatemala City. Times update live every second.
Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Guatemala City and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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