Paramaribo, Suriname · UTC-3
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Paramaribo’s Waterkant, the historic waterfront district, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dutch colonial wooden architecture, remarkably intact for a tropical city that has been through slavery, plantation agriculture, independence, military coups, and a civil war. The buildings are painted in yellows, whites, and greens, and the wooden fretwork on the facades has survived 300 years of humidity better than concrete ever would have.
Suriname uses Suriname Time, UTC-3, year-round with no daylight saving. The IANA identifier is America/Paramaribo. At 5.8 degrees north, the daylight barely varies: around 12 hours year-round. No seasonal adjustment is needed or wanted.
the most diverse capital in the Americas
Paramaribo is arguably the most ethnically diverse capital city in the Americas. The population is roughly composed of: Hindustani (Indo-Surinamese), Maroon (descendants of escaped enslaved Africans), Creole (mixed African-European), Javanese (brought as contract workers from Dutch colonial Indonesia), and smaller groups of Amerindians, Chinese, Brazilians, and Dutch. Hindu temples, mosques, synagogues, and Catholic churches stand within blocks of each other in the inner city. The calendars of Diwali, Eid, Holi, Easter, and Hanukkah all structure different parts of the city’s year.
This diversity is not celebrated as a tourist branding exercise: it is simply what the city is, the result of a colonial history that brought people from four continents to this piece of South American coast.
9am in Paramaribo is 12pm in London.
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Questions about time in Paramaribo
- What timezone is Paramaribo in?
- Paramaribo uses the IANA timezone
America/Paramaribo. The UTC offset is always UTC-3 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Paramaribo observe daylight saving time?
- No. Paramaribo does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-3 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Paramaribo?
- Paramaribo is currently at UTC-3.
- What is the time difference between Paramaribo and New York?
- Paramaribo is currently 1 hour ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Paramaribo and London?
- Paramaribo is currently 4 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Paramaribo and Los Angeles?
- Paramaribo is currently 4 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Paramaribo and Tokyo?
- Paramaribo is currently 12 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Paramaribo?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Paramaribo is
America/Paramaribo. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Paramaribo' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Paramaribo')`), or any IANA-compatible library.