Current time on the continent South America

The WorldInfoTravel website provides information about the exact time in 14 countries on the continent South America

Select the country you are interested in to find out the exact time in this country and city, sunrise and sunset times, as well as basic information about the country

# City Number of cities Time in the capital Timezone Standard/DST times
1 Argentina 88 23:07 (Buenos Aires) UTC-03:00 (cmt) -
2 Bolivia 33 22:07 (Sucre) UTC-04:00 (cmt) -
3 Brazil 279 14:07 (Wallis Island) UTC+12:00 (unknown) -
4 Chile 36 23:07 (Santiago) UTC-03:00 (smt) Sunday, 04 Apr. 2021,
Sunday, 05 Sep. 2021
5 Colombia 150 21:07 (Bogota) UTC-05:00 (bmt) -
6 Ecuador 19 21:07 (Quito) UTC-05:00 (qmt) -
7 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 23:07 (Port Stanley) UTC-03:00 (smt) -
8 French Guiana 5 23:07 (Cayenne) UTC-03:00 (unknown) -
9 Guyana 7 22:07 (Georgetown) UTC-04:00 (unknown) -
10 Paraguay 8 23:07 (Asunción) UTC-03:00 (amt) Sunday, 28 Mar. 2021,
Sunday, 03 Oct. 2021
11 Peru 36 21:07 (Lima) UTC-05:00 (unknown) -
12 Suriname 6 23:07 (Paramaribo) UTC-03:00 (pmt) -
13 Uruguay 12 23:07 (Montevideo) UTC-03:00 (mmt) -
14 Venezuela 41 22:07 (Caracas) UTC-04:00 (cmt) -

The continent of South America

South America is one of the six continents of the planet Earth which is located in the southern part of the globe. The area of South America accounts for 17,840,000 sq km.

  • The population of South America is approximately 418,489,196 people or about 5.7% of the total Earth’s population. The density of the population in South America is quite low – about 21.5 persons per square kilometre;
  • South America has 4 main time zones: from UTC-2 to UTC-5;
  • The total area of the continent is 17,840,000 sq km;
  • South America consists of 14 countries and USA dependent territories with such famous countries as Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile and others;
  • In addition to South America, there are also 6 continents in the world: AfricaAntarcticaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaAustralia.

South America is the wettest continent on the Earth and it has 5 climatic zones: subequatorial zone, equatorial zone, tropical zone, subtropical zone and temperate zone.

The continent has a moderate range of temperatures and climate changes. In the northern part of South America, the average temperature oscillates between 20°С and 28°С all year round. In January (in summer) the temperature drops to 10 °С.