Current time in Montevideo
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Montevideo, Uruguay · America/Montevideo · UTC-03:00
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 Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Montevideo
Conditions near Montevideo and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Thundery outbreaks in nearby
- Feels like
- 19°C
- Humidity
- 78%
- Wind
- 23.8 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Partly Cloudy15°C to 20°C40% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.9 km/h
- Thundery outbreaks in nearby19°C to 25°C68% chance of precipitationWind up to 28.8 km/h
- Light rain shower12°C to 19°C89% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 20:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:14:18.055Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:29:18.055Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Montevideo
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Montevideo local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 07:50
- Sunset
- 17:52
- Solar noon
- 12:51
- Civil twilight
- 07:22–18:20
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:32
- Moonset
- 20:39
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
Montevideo is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Uruguay. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- 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.
Country context
Uruguay at a glance
Country information for Uruguay. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Montevideo is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- UY · URY · 858
- Population
- 3,449,299
- Currency
- Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- Calling code
- +598
- Languages
- Spanish (Uruguay)
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Montevideo.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Montevideo 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 3441575 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:14:18.031Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:14:18.055Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T15:40:11.374Z
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.