Local time in Panama
Republic of Panama
Current local time in Panama (EST (UTC-5)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Panama City
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Differences are relative to Panama City, Panama, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Panama
- Standard label
- EST (UTC-5)
- Standard offset (Panama City)
- UTC−5
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Panama City
- IANA zones
- America/Panama
Panama uses EST (UTC-5) 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 Panama.
Sunrise and sunset in Panama City
At 9.0° north, Panama City gets 12 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 11 h 36 min around the December solstice — a difference of 1 h 03 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:40 | 12:30 | 18:21 | 11 h 41 min |
| 21 February | 06:36 | 12:33 | 18:29 | 11 h 53 min |
| 21 March | 06:23 | 12:26 | 18:30 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 06:06 | 12:17 | 18:29 | 12 h 22 min |
| 21 May | 05:59 | 12:16 | 18:33 | 12 h 34 min |
| 21 June | 06:01 | 12:21 | 18:40 | 12 h 39 min |
| 21 July | 06:08 | 12:25 | 18:42 | 12 h 34 min |
| 21 August | 06:11 | 12:22 | 18:33 | 12 h 22 min |
| 21 September | 06:08 | 12:12 | 18:16 | 12 h 08 min |
| 21 October | 06:07 | 12:03 | 18:00 | 11 h 53 min |
| 21 November | 06:15 | 12:05 | 17:55 | 11 h 41 min |
| 21 December | 06:29 | 12:17 | 18:05 | 11 h 36 min |
Calculated for Panama City (8.97°, -79.53°; 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 Panama
Panama does not change its clocks: it stays on EST (UTC-5) 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.