Current local time in Panama
One time zone, 27 cities listed
Panama keeps a single time zone, America/Panama: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) all year, with no daylight saving.
Every clock below is computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so the offsets reflect the daylight-saving rules in force today rather than a value written down once and left to rot.
Map of time in Panama
Panama time zones and current offsets
| IANA zone | Local time now | UTC offset | Daylight saving | Largest city |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Panama | 09:02 AM | UTC−5 | Not observed | Panama City |
Converting a specific time into Panama? Use the converter, or find an hour that works across both ends of the call.
Local time by city in Panama
27 cities, largest first. Each links to a live clock with that city's own zone, sun times and daylight-saving dates — matched to the city rather than assumed from the country.
Panama time: questions and answers
- What time is it in Panama right now?
- Panama City, the largest city in Panama, is on America/Panama: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) all year, with no daylight saving. The whole country shares that time; the table on this page shows it live.
- How many time zones does Panama have?
- One. The whole of Panama uses America/Panama: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) all year, with no daylight saving.
- Does Panama observe daylight saving time?
- No. Panama stays on the same offset all year. That means the difference between Panama and countries that do change their clocks shifts by an hour twice a year, even though nothing changed locally.
- Which cities in Panama are covered?
- 27 cities in Panama, each with its own page showing live local time, its IANA zone and UTC offset, the next daylight-saving change, and today's sunrise and sunset. This page links to every one of them.