Coyhaique, Chile Β· UTC-3
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Coyhaique sits at 45 degrees south in Chilean Patagonia, a region so remote that roads connecting it to the rest of Chile were only completed in the late 20th century. The city uses America/Punta_Arenas as its IANA timezone, UTC-3 year-round, after Chileβs AysΓ©n and Magallanes regions opted out of the countryβs daylight saving schedule in 2016.
Chile as a whole has had a turbulent relationship with its clocks. The mainland shifted between DST schedules multiple times in the 2010s, responding to drought and energy concerns, before eventually freezing clocks in most southern regions at UTC-3 permanently. Coyhaique sits far enough south that the summer solstice brings nearly 16 hours of daylight and the winter solstice fewer than 9. Shifting clocks was creating significant disruption to the daily rhythms of a small, isolated community.
Patagonian self-sufficiency and the clock
The Carretera Austral, Chileβs southern highway that runs through Coyhaique, is one of the most isolated stretches of road in the Americas. Residents here are accustomed to solving problems with limited external support. The timezone decision reflected that self-sufficiency: when Santiagoβs clock changes were creating chaos in Patagonian schools and farms, the south simply stopped following.
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Questions about time in Coyhaique
- What timezone is Coyhaique in?
- Coyhaique uses the IANA timezone
America/Punta_Arenas. The UTC offset is always UTC-3 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Coyhaique observe daylight saving time?
- No. Coyhaique does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-3 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Coyhaique?
- Coyhaique is currently at UTC-3.
- What is the time difference between Coyhaique and New York?
- Coyhaique is currently 1 hour ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Coyhaique and London?
- Coyhaique is currently 4 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Coyhaique and Los Angeles?
- Coyhaique is currently 4 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Coyhaique and Tokyo?
- Coyhaique is currently 12 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Coyhaique?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Coyhaique is
America/Punta_Arenas. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Punta_Arenas' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Punta_Arenas')`), or any IANA-compatible library.