Current time in El Salvador
Local time in El Salvador
The time in El Salvador is 6 hours behind UTC and 1 hour behind Columbus. The timezone in El Salvador is Central Standard Time (CST). El Salvador is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1988.
Details for the time in El Salvador
| Current time | 8:10 a.m.
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| Time zone | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| IANA time zone | America/El_Salvador |
| Your time difference | 1 hour behind Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC-6 6 hours behind UTC |
El Salvador Daylight Saving Time (DST)
El Salvador is not using Daylight Saving Time.
El Salvador
El Salvador uses Central Standard Time CST. CST is UTC -0600. El Salvador's latitude and longitude is 14° 00’N and 89° 00’ W . Therefore a six hours offset between CST and UTC is close to perfect. El Salvador is a small country not far north off the equator, because of this the country has no use for daylight savings time.
Important cities in El Salvador
The current time in some important cities in El Salvador is shown below.
Time in El Salvador