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What time is it in Uruguay?

6:46:50AM

Friday, November 13, 2026 in Montevideo. Uruguay keeps one time zone nationwide, UTC−3:00.
UTC offset
UTC−3:00
Daylight saving
Not observed
Time zones
One nationwide
Versus New York
2 hours ahead

Uruguay does not change its clocks

Uruguay stays on UTC−3:00 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 3 hours behind UTC, and 2 hours ahead of New York.

Working with Uruguay from the US

Montevideo is 2 hours ahead of New York and 5 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 11:00 am in Montevideo.

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

The sun in Montevideo today

Sunrise
5:32 am
Sunset
7:26 pm
Day length
13 hours 54 minutes
Solar noon
12:29 pm

The day is 13 hours 54 minutes long in Montevideo, and gaining 2 minutes a day. The sun peaks at 12:29 pm, 29 minutes after noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Montevideo sits 45 minutes of solar time west of UTC−3:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 4 hours 42 minutes in Montevideo: 14 hours 30 minutes of daylight at the December solstice against 9 hours 48 minutes at the June one. Being south of the equator, its longest day falls in December — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

Uruguay has kept UTC−3:00 since Sunday, March 8, 2015, when it moved from UTC−2:00. Before that its clocks read 1 hour ahead of what they read now.

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On UTC−3:00 right now, the same clock as Uruguay:

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