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Local time in Belize

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Current local time in Belize (CST (UTC-6)). The clock below updates live in your browser.

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Time difference — Belmopan

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Differences are relative to Belmopan, Belize, and account for daylight saving time right now.

Time zone information for Belize

Standard label
CST (UTC-6)
Standard offset (Belmopan)
UTC−6
Daylight saving time
Not observed
Number of time zones
1
Capital
Belmopan
IANA zones
America/Belize

Belize uses CST (UTC-6) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Belize.

Sunrise and sunset in Belmopan

At 17.3° north, Belmopan gets 13 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 11 h 06 min around the December solstice — a difference of 2 h 04 min.

Times on the 21st of each month in 2026, local clock time (America/Belize)
DateSunriseSolar noonSunsetDaylight
21 January06:2912:0717:4511 h 16 min
21 February06:1912:1018:0011 h 41 min
21 March05:5912:0318:0712 h 08 min
21 April05:3611:5418:1312 h 37 min
21 May05:2311:5318:2313 h 00 min
21 June05:2311:5818:3213 h 10 min
21 July05:3212:0218:3213 h 01 min
21 August05:4011:5918:1812 h 38 min
21 September05:4511:4917:5312 h 09 min
21 October05:5011:4017:3011 h 40 min
21 November06:0411:4217:2011 h 16 min
21 December06:2111:5417:2711 h 06 min

Calculated for Belmopan (17.25°, -88.77°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.

Daylight saving time in Belize

Belize does not change its clocks: it stays on CST (UTC-6) all year in 2026 and 2027.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.