MontevideoUruguay
Current time in Montevideo, Uruguay
Friday, 25 September 2026
Uruguay Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMontevideo time at a glance
- Country
- Uruguay
- Location
- Capital city of Uruguay
- Time zone
America/Montevideo- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Montevideo time guide
Does Montevideo change its clocks?
UTC-03:00.- Year-round offset
- Uruguay Time (UYT), UTC-03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Montevideo
- Montevideo and London
- 3 hours behind during GMT; 4 hours behind during BST
- Montevideo and New York
- 2 hours ahead during EST; 1 hour ahead during EDT
City and department
Montevideo department is the official census geography
Uruguay's 2023 census counted 1,302,721 residents in Montevideo Department. The continuous metropolitan area extends into Canelones and San Jose departments, so metro totals exceed the capital department count.
Time-zone identity for Montevideo
- IANA zone
America/Montevideo- 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.
Montevideo is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Montevideo
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Montevideo
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Montevideo, 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 Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Uruguay
- Administrative area
- Montevideo Department, Uruguay
- Population
- 1,270,737
- Coordinates
- 34.9033° S, 56.1882° W. The elevation is 34 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Montevideo
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Montevideo. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Paso de CarrascoCanelones, Uruguay13 km east
America/MontevideoSame local time - La PazCanelones, Uruguay16 km north
America/MontevideoSame local time - Las PiedrasCanelones, Uruguay19 km north
America/MontevideoSame local time - Delta del TigreSan José Department, Uruguay22 km northwest
America/MontevideoSame local time - Barros BlancosCanelones, Uruguay24 km northeast
America/MontevideoSame local time - ProgresoCanelones, Uruguay26 km north
America/MontevideoSame local time
Sources for Montevideo 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.
- Montevideo Department Profile - 2023 CensusNational Institute of Statistics Uruguay · 2023-05-31 census · AccessedOfficial departmental population profile and reference date.