Guatemala time now, live flip clock
Guatemala keeps one time zone for the whole country, CST, UTC-6, and its clocks do not change. The clock above shows Guatemala's time live, with seconds.
Time zone in Guatemala
Guatemala City, Mixco, Villa Nueva and Quetzaltenango all keep the same time.
- CST, UTC-6
- Not observed
- Guatemala City, Villa Nueva, Mixco, Cobán
How many hours ahead or behind Guatemala
On 15 October 2026, Los Angeles is 1 hour behind Guatemala.
| City | Difference from Guatemala |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 1 hour behind |
| Chicago | 1 hour ahead |
| New York | 2 hours ahead |
| Mexico City | Same time |
| El Salvador | Same time |
| Madrid | 8 hours ahead |
| Kolkata | 11 hours 30 minutes ahead |
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How Guatemala keeps its time
- The official time
- CENAME
- A government order makes the Centro Nacional de Metrología (CENAME) responsible for Guatemala's official time. The centre controls it and may send it out by phone, radio, the internet and other means. Its official time phone line is 1527. Organisations and individuals can ask to use its internet time server.
- The same letters as Chicago
- CST
- Guatemala's time carries the code CST, the same letters as the central US in winter. But Guatemala does not change its clocks. So from March to November, when Chicago moves its clocks forward, Guatemala is one hour behind it.
- Daylight saving, tried four times
- 0
- Guatemala has moved its clocks forward an hour four times, each for a few months. The last time, the government did it to save electricity as oil prices rose. The electricity industry's council later said the savings were small, because the country lies close to the Equator. The clocks have not changed since.
- The same clock as its neighbours
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- Mexico City, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize keep the same time as Guatemala all year. None of these places changes its clocks. So a call time agreed between them holds in every season.
Questions about time in Guatemala
What time zone is Guatemala in?
Guatemala keeps one time zone for the whole country, CST, UTC-6, and its clocks do not change. Guatemala City, Mixco, Villa Nueva and Quetzaltenango all show the same time. The Centro Nacional de Metrología controls and sends out the official time. Its official time phone line is 1527.
Does Guatemala have daylight saving time?
No. Guatemala stays on CST, UTC-6 all year. It moved its clocks forward an hour four times, each for a few months. The last time was to save electricity. The electricity industry's council later called the savings small. The change was not repeated. So Guatemala matches Chicago in winter, and falls one hour behind it from March to November.
Is Guatemala on the same time as Chicago?
Only in winter. Chicago and Houston are on the same time as Guatemala in winter, from November to March. The rest of the year they move their clocks forward and Guatemala does not, so they are one hour ahead. Mexico City and San Salvador keep Guatemala's time in every season.
What is the time difference between Guatemala and the US?
Guatemala is ahead of Los Angeles and behind New York all year. In winter, Los Angeles is 2 hours behind Guatemala, and New York is 1 hour ahead of it. From March to November both cities move their clocks forward and Guatemala does not. Los Angeles then comes an hour closer, and New York moves an hour further ahead.
What is the time difference between Guatemala and India?
India is 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of Guatemala all year, because neither country changes its clocks. So an evening in Guatemala City is already the next morning in Mumbai and Delhi. Guatemala's morning is India's evening of the same day.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| America/Guatemala | CST, UTC-6 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 1 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.