Buenos AiresArgentina
Current time in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Argentina Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBuenos Aires time at a glance
- Country
- Argentina
- Location
- Capital city of Argentina
- Time zone
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Buenos Aires time guide
Does Buenos Aires change its clocks?
UTC-03:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC-03:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Buenos Aires and London
- 3 hours behind GMT; 4 hours behind BST
- Buenos Aires and New York
- 2 hours ahead of EST; 1 hour ahead of EDT
Autonomous city
The city is not the whole metropolitan area
The Buenos Aires city government describes the autonomous city as just over 200 km², divided into 48 neighbourhoods and 15 administrative communes, with close to three million residents. Metropolitan totals cover a much larger area and should not be used as city-boundary figures.
Time-zone identity for Buenos Aires
- IANA zone
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires- UTC offset now
- UTC-03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Buenos Aires is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Buenos Aires
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Buenos Aires
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Argentina
- Administrative area
- Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina
- Population
- 2,891,082
- Coordinates
- 34.6131° S, 58.3772° W. The elevation is 31 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Buenos Aires
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Buenos Aires. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BalvaneraBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina1.9 km west
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - RetiroBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina3.4 km north
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - BarracasBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina4.1 km south
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - BoedoBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina4.2 km southwest
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - ColegialesBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina7.9 km northwest
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - Villa OrtúzarBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina9.1 km northwest
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time
Sources for Buenos Aires time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- City of Buenos AiresGovernment of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires · Current city overview accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial area, population and administrative-boundary context for Buenos Aires.