Current time in Mar del Plata
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Mar del Plata, Argentina · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · UTC-03:00
Time-zone identity for Mar del Plata
- 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.
Mar del Plata is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Mar del Plata
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Mar del Plata
Conditions near Mar del Plata and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 10°C
- Humidity
- 94%
- Wind
- 18 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny12°C to 16°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.7 km/h
- Light rain shower11°C to 17°C93% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h
- Partly Cloudy8°C to 11°C67% chance of precipitationWind up to 27.4 km/h
Forecast valid from 20:15 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:26:32.845Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:41:32.845Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Mar del Plata
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Mar del Plata
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 08:03
- Sunset
- 17:50
- Solar noon
- 12:56
- Civil twilight
- 07:34–18:19
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:43
- Moonset
- 20:41
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Location context
About Mar del Plata
Location details for Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Administrative area
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Population
- 593,337
- Coordinates
- 38.0004° S, 57.5562° W. The elevation is 14 metres.
Country context
Argentina at a glance
Country information for Argentina. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Country codes
- AR · ARG · 032
- Population
- 44,494,502
- Currency
- Argentine Peso (ARS)
- Calling code
- +54
- Languages
- Spanish (Argentina), English, Italian, and German, and 2 more
- Time zones represented
- 12 time zones are used by cities in this directory: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/Cordoba, and America/Argentina/Jujuy, and 8 more.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Mar del Plata
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Mar del Plata. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Santa Clara del MarBuenos Aires, Argentina19 km north
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - MiramarBuenos Aires, Argentina39 km southwest
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - BalcarceBuenos Aires, Argentina64 km west
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - Villa GesellBuenos Aires, Argentina97 km northeast
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - PinamarBuenos Aires, Argentina116 km northeast
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - General Juan MadariagaBuenos Aires, Argentina117 km north
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3430863 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:26:32.827Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:26:32.845Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T16:32:40.909Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version 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.