StanleyFalkland Islands
Current time in Stanley, Falkland Islands
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Falkland Islands Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockStanley time at a glance
- Country
- Falkland Islands
- Location
- Capital city of Falkland Islands
- Time zone
Atlantic/Stanley- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Stanley time guide
Does Stanley change its clocks?
UTC-03:00.- Year-round offset
- Falkland Islands Time, UTC-03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Atlantic/Stanley
- Stanley and London
- 3 hours behind GMT; 4 hours behind BST
- Stanley and New York
- 2 hours ahead of EST; 1 hour ahead of EDT
Capital and territory
The census separates Stanley from Camp and MPC
The Falkland Islands 2021 census estimated 2,974 usual residents in Stanley, compared with 3,662 across the territory. Its location tables separately identify Stanley, Camp and MPC, preventing the island-wide total from being mistaken for the capital.
Time-zone identity for Stanley
- IANA zone
Atlantic/Stanley- 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.
Stanley is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Stanley
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 Stanley
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Atlantic/Stanley, 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 Stanley, capital of Falkland Islands
Stanley is the capital of Falkland Islands. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Falkland Islands
- Administrative area
- Falkland Islands
- Population
- 2,213
- Coordinates
- 51.6938° S, 57.8570° W. The elevation is 28 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Stanley
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Stanley. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- GrytvikenSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands1,452 km east
Atlantic/South_Georgia1 hour ahead - MontevideoMontevideo Department, Uruguay1,872 km north
America/MontevideoSame local time - Buenos AiresBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina1,900 km north
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSame local time - SantiagoSantiago Metropolitan, Chile2,275 km northwest
America/SantiagoSame local time - AsunciónParaguay2,936 km north
America/AsuncionSame local time - São PauloBrazil3,273 km north
America/Sao_PauloSame local time
Sources for Stanley 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.
- Falkland Islands 2021 Census ReportFalkland Islands Government · 2021 census · AccessedOfficial usual-resident population by Stanley, Camp and MPC.