BelmopanBelize
Current time in Belmopan, Belize
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBelmopan time at a glance
- Country
- Belize
- Location
- Capital city of Belize
- Time zone
America/Belize- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Belmopan time guide
Does Belmopan change its clocks?
UTC-06:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC-06:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Belize
- Belmopan and London
- 6 hours behind GMT; 7 hours behind BST
- Belmopan and New York
- 1 hour behind EST; 2 hours behind EDT
City and Cayo District
Belmopan has its own census-city geography
The Statistical Institute of Belize publishes 2022 Census tables by city, town, village and community. Belmopan is a city within Cayo District, so Cayo totals include other urban and rural places and should not be presented as the capital’s population.
Time-zone identity for Belmopan
- IANA zone
America/Belize- UTC offset now
- UTC-06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Belmopan is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Belmopan
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 Belmopan
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Belize, 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 Belmopan, capital of Belize
Belmopan is the capital of Belize. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Belize
- Administrative area
- Cayo District, Belize
- Population
- 13,381
- Coordinates
- 17.2538° N, 88.7640° W. The elevation is 56 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Belmopan
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Belmopan. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- San IgnacioCayo District, Belize34 km west
America/BelizeSame local time - Belize CityBelize District, Belize66 km northeast
America/BelizeSame local time - Orange WalkOrange Walk District, Belize94 km north
America/BelizeSame local time - San PedroBelize District, Belize112 km northeast
America/BelizeSame local time - Guatemala CityGuatemala, Guatemala346 km southwest
America/GuatemalaSame local time - TegucigalpaFrancisco Morazán Department, Honduras390 km southeast
America/TegucigalpaSame local time
Sources for Belmopan 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.
- 2022 Housing and Population CensusStatistical Institute of Belize · 2022 Census results released 2024 · AccessedOfficial city-level census geography and methodology for Belmopan.