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Office hours in Lima

Offices in Lima are open 09:00–18:00 UTC−5, Monday to Friday. Those are the working hours of Peru, read on the clock Lima actually keeps — which is the one that matters when you are trying to reach somebody there.

Office hours
09:00–18:00
UTC−5
The clock they are on
America/Lima
5 × 9 h
The week in Lima
Monday to Friday
Saturday and Sunday

When can you reach Lima?

We use the time zone your browser reports. Change it if that is not where you work — the hours below are yours, not UTC.

You are in
You are in

The clock they are on

Lima keeps America/Lima, currently UTC−5. The office hours above are on that clock, so they shift against yours when either side changes its clocks.

The working week

Lima
09:00 to 18:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Working hours across Peru
The national picture, including the days Peru rests and how Lima compares with the rest of it.

Office hours are a national convention read on this city's clock, not any one employer's schedule. Shift work, retail and hospitality do not follow it.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.
Curated city set: names, countries, coordinates, IANA zones
Source: IANA tzdb for zones, public geographic data for coordinates. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.

FAQ

What are office hours in Lima?

09:00–18:00 UTC−5. That is the office convention of Peru, read on the clock Lima keeps, rather than a national average.

Are offices in Lima open right now?

The panel on this page answers that live, in your own time zone as well as theirs. The regular day is 09:00–18:00 UTC−5, on working days only — public holidays are not counted.

What time zone is Lima in?

Lima is on America/Lima, UTC−5 at the moment. The offset changes with daylight saving, and everything on this page uses the current one.