El CalafateArgentina
Current time in El Calafate, Argentina
Friday, 4 September 2026
Argentina Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockEl Calafate time at a glance
- Country
- Argentina
- Location
- City in Santa Cruz
- Time zone
America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in El Calafate
Conditions near El Calafate and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- -2°C
- Humidity
- 72%
- Wind
- 20.2 km/h W
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny0°C to 3°C7% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.2 km/h
- Sunny-1°C to 5°C4% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.5 km/h
- Sunny2°C to 4°C10% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.1 km/h
Forecast valid from 02:00 local time. Updated 2026-09-04T05:13:12.199Z; refresh due by 2026-09-04T05:28:12.199Z.
Time-zone identity for El Calafate
- IANA zone
America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos- 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.
El Calafate is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in El Calafate
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 9 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for El Calafate
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, 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.
Location context
About El Calafate
Location details for El Calafate in Santa Cruz, Argentina.
- Administrative area
- Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Population
- 22,844
- Coordinates
- 50.3407° S, 72.2768° W. The elevation is 205 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near El Calafate
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from El Calafate. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Río GallegosSanta Cruz, Argentina255 km southeast
America/Argentina/Rio_GallegosSame local time - Las HerasSanta Cruz, Argentina489 km northeast
America/Argentina/Rio_GallegosSame local time - Pico TruncadoSanta Cruz, Argentina506 km northeast
America/Argentina/Rio_GallegosSame local time - Puerto DeseadoSanta Cruz, Argentina547 km northeast
America/Argentina/Rio_GallegosSame local time - Caleta OliviaSanta Cruz, Argentina557 km northeast
America/Argentina/Rio_GallegosSame local time - Río GrandeTierra del Fuego, Argentina494 km southeast
America/Argentina/UshuaiaSame local time
Sources for El Calafate 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.