It is 21:35 on Friday, October 2, 2026 in Punta Arenas, Chile. The city runs on UTC-3, which puts it on exactly the same time as Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas follows the America/Punta_Arenas time zone (this zone has no widely used letter abbreviation). Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC-3.
Punta Arenas does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC-3 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at zero. 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 Punta Arenas.
Time difference between Brasília and Punta Arenas
The two places share the same clock, so no conversion is needed. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Punta Arenas is 12:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 00:00 in Brasília. The calendar date is always the same in both places. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Punta Arenas (UTC-3) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 21:00 | 21:00 |
Best time to call Punta Arenas from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 18:00 in Brasília, which is 09:00 to 18:00 in Punta Arenas. That is nearly the whole working day, so scheduling is easy.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Punta Arenas today
Today the Sun rises in Punta Arenas at 07:07 and sets at 19:59 local time, a daylight span of 12h 51min, with solar noon at 13:32. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas is at 53.15° S, 70.92° W (country: Chile). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.