America/El_Salvador Time Zone

America/El_Salvador is Central Time, UTC-06:00. The clock below shows the time there now.

Central TimeUTC-06:00Local time nowAmerica/El_Salvador
America/El_Salvador and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates (central point)
13.702044, -88.950654

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Largest cities on this clock

San Salvador, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulután, Cojutepeque, San Vicente, and Zacatecoluca, in El Salvador, keep Central Time, the time shown above.

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year).

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. El Salvador6,420,744 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. America/Guatemala158 mi northwest
  2. America/Tegucigalpa184 mi northeast
  3. America/Managua240 mi east
  4. Etc/GMT+6sea area

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.