ManaguaNicaragua
Current time in Managua, Nicaragua
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockManagua time at a glance
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Location
- Capital city of Nicaragua
- Time zone
America/Managua- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Managua time guide
Does Managua change its clocks?
UTC-06:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Standard Time (CST), UTC-06:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Managua
- Managua and London
- 6 hours behind during GMT; 7 hours behind during BST
- Managua and New York
- 1 hour behind during EST; 2 hours behind during EDT
Municipality and department
Managua city and Managua Department differ
Nicaragua's official census publications report the Managua municipality within a larger department of the same name. Department totals include eight additional municipalities and should not be used as city-only population figures.
Time-zone identity for Managua
- IANA zone
America/Managua- 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.
Managua is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Managua
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 Managua
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Managua, 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 Managua, capital of Nicaragua
Managua is the capital of Nicaragua. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Nicaragua
- Administrative area
- Managua Department, Nicaragua
- Population
- 973,087
- Coordinates
- 12.1328° N, 86.2504° W. The elevation is 108 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Managua
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Managua. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Ciudad SandinoManagua Department, Nicaragua11 km west
America/ManaguaSame local time - El CruceroManagua Department, Nicaragua17 km south
America/ManaguaSame local time - TipitapaManagua Department, Nicaragua18 km northeast
America/ManaguaSame local time - MateareManagua Department, Nicaragua22 km northwest
America/ManaguaSame local time - San Rafael del SurManagua Department, Nicaragua38 km southwest
America/ManaguaSame local time - MasayaMasaya Department, Nicaragua24 km southeast
America/ManaguaSame local time
Sources for Managua 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.
- Managua: VIII Population and IV Housing CensusNational Institute of Development Information Nicaragua (INIDE) · 2005 census · AccessedOfficial municipal and departmental census results for Managua.