Current time in Lima
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Lima, Peru · America/Lima · UTC-05:00
Time-zone identity for Lima
- IANA zone
America/Lima- UTC offset now
- UTC-05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Lima is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Lima
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 Lima
Conditions near Lima and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 12°C
- Humidity
- 75%
- Wind
- 14.4 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny18°C to 22°C9% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Sunny17°C to 21°C12% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.2 km/h
- Sunny17°C to 22°C9% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:11:47.188Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:26:47.188Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Lima
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Lima, 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 Lima
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Lima local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:30
- Sunset
- 17:59
- Solar noon
- 12:14
- Civil twilight
- 06:07–18:22
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:28
- Moonset
- 20:30
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Lima, capital of Peru
Lima is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Peru. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Peru
- Administrative area
- Lima Province, Peru
- Population
- 7,737,002
- Coordinates
- 12.0432° S, 77.0282° W. The elevation is 152 metres.
Country context
Peru at a glance
Country information for Peru. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Lima is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- PE · PER · 604
- Population
- 31,989,256
- Currency
- Peruvian Sol (PEN)
- Calling code
- +51
- Languages
- Spanish (Peru), Quechua, and Aymara
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Lima.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Lima
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Lima. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BreñaLima region, Peru3 km southwest
America/LimaSame local time - Jesus MariaLima region, Peru3.5 km southwest
America/LimaSame local time - Santa Anita - Los FicusLima region, Peru6 km east
America/LimaSame local time - San Francisco De BorjaLima region, Peru6 km southeast
America/LimaSame local time - San IsidroLima region, Peru6.1 km south
America/LimaSame local time - Carmen De La Legua ReynosoCallao, Peru7.7 km west
America/LimaSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Lima 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 3936456 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:11:47.167Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:11:47.188Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:11:47.187Z
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.