What time is it in Panama?

Panama stays on UTC−5:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 5 hours behind UTC and on the same clock as New York.

Panama is on the same clock as New York right now, so a time in one is the same time in the other.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The day is 11 hours 43 minutes long in Panama, and holding steady — within a minute of yesterday’s. The sun peaks within a few minutes of twelve o’clock, so Panama’s offset fits its longitude about as closely as a whole-hour offset can.

Panama lies inside the tropics, so the sun passes directly overhead at noon twice a year — around April 12 and August 30 in 2026, when a vertical object casts almost no shadow. Nowhere outside the tropics ever sees that. The longest day is 12 hours 39 minutes and the shortest 11 hours 36 minutes, 63 minutes apart.

Panama’s offset has not moved once since 1970 — no daylight saving, and no change of zone.

On UTC−5:00 right now, the same clock as Panama: