It is 19:34 on Friday, October 2, 2026 in Lima, Peru. The city runs on UTC-5, which puts it 2 hours behind Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Lima
Lima follows the America/Lima time zone (this zone has no widely used letter abbreviation). Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC-5.
Lima does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC-5 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 2 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Lima.
Time difference between Brasília and Lima
To convert, take Brasília time and subtract 2 hours; early in the morning in Brasília it may still be the previous day in Lima. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Lima is 14:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 02:00 in Brasília. Because Lima is behind, its calendar date is still the previous day in the first 2 hours after midnight in Brasília (until 02:00). Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Lima (UTC-5) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
Best time to call Lima from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 11:00 to 18:00 in Brasília, which is 09:00 to 16:00 in Lima. That leaves 7 hours of overlap: enough for most meetings, but book early.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Lima today
Today the Sun rises in Lima at 05:51 and sets at 18:04 local time, a daylight span of 12h 13min, with solar noon at 11:57. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Lima?
Lima is at 12.05° S, 77.05° W (country: Peru). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.