Local time in Nicaragua
Republic of Nicaragua
Current local time in Nicaragua (CST (UTC-6)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Managua
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Differences are relative to Managua, Nicaragua, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Nicaragua
- Standard label
- CST (UTC-6)
- Standard offset (Managua)
- UTC−6
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Managua
- IANA zones
- America/Managua
Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua.
Sunrise and sunset in Managua
At 12.2° north, Managua gets 12 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 11 h 25 min around the December solstice — a difference of 1 h 26 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:11 | 11:57 | 17:43 | 11 h 32 min |
| 21 February | 06:05 | 12:00 | 17:54 | 11 h 49 min |
| 21 March | 05:49 | 11:53 | 17:57 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 05:31 | 11:44 | 17:58 | 12 h 28 min |
| 21 May | 05:21 | 11:43 | 18:04 | 12 h 44 min |
| 21 June | 05:22 | 11:48 | 18:13 | 12 h 50 min |
| 21 July | 05:30 | 11:52 | 18:14 | 12 h 44 min |
| 21 August | 05:35 | 11:49 | 18:03 | 12 h 28 min |
| 21 September | 05:35 | 11:39 | 17:43 | 12 h 08 min |
| 21 October | 05:36 | 11:30 | 17:24 | 11 h 48 min |
| 21 November | 05:46 | 11:32 | 17:18 | 11 h 31 min |
| 21 December | 06:02 | 11:44 | 17:26 | 11 h 25 min |
Calculated for Managua (12.15°, -86.27°; 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua 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.