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Time in Panama now
Early morningSaturday, August 15, 2026Week 33Today: Foundation of Old Panama City
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<script async src="https://livetime.io/embed.js?v=20260524v1"></script>Almirante on the map
- Almirante is a city in Bocas del Toro, Panama.
- Latitude: 9.3009. Longitude: -82.4018
- Timezone: America/Panama
Time zone info for Panama
UTC-5
America/Panama
Panama follows America/Panama. The local time is shown using live browser time, refreshed every second.
Methodology and trust
About this Panama time page
This Panama page combines live clock output with timezone, offset, holiday, and daylight context so the page is useful beyond a single timestamp.
Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.
Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.
Calendar and next-holiday data use normalized HolidayFinder coverage with a date-holidays fallback. Regional holiday matches appear when the source dataset includes state or province-level coverage.
Live conditions
Weather in Panama now
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Panama
- Sunrise: 05:51
- Sunset: 18:09
- Day length: 12h 18m
- Solar noon: 12:00
- The solar values are estimated from latitude and day of year.
A clearer national time view for Panama
The current time reference for Panama is 06:57:08 on Saturday, August 15, 2026. A country page is the broadest practical view before the answer splits into states, regions, and individual city clocks.
That makes it useful when the question is national, when you are still narrowing down which region matters, or when you need to understand how the country's time structure is organized before you jump into local pages.
In the current dataset, Panama City is the capital while Panama is the largest listed city, built from 24 matched city records. That helps the national page stay anchored to real places instead of reading like a generic summary.
For a solid mid-tier country page, the priority is national clarity: what the country clock means, how the regional structure is laid out, and which state or city pages deserve attention first.
Panama at a glance
Panama time right now
This page shows 06:57:08 on Saturday, August 15, 2026, using EST with a live UTC or GMT offset of GMT-5.
14 states or regions
Panama currently has 14 state or regional pages and 2,179 listed city pages in this dataset.
Panama City works as the capital reference, while Panama is the biggest city anchor in the current dataset.
National timezone structure
Panama spans 3 recorded time zones in this dataset, which makes the national structure especially important before moving into local pages.
What the national time view tells you
A country page is most useful when the national frame still matters. That may be because the visitor is planning across several regions, because the specific city is not settled yet, or because the country's timezone structure is part of the answer.
Panama spans more than one timezone in this dataset, so the country page needs to explain the national structure before a city or state page can do the precise work.
This is why country content should not read like a larger state page. It needs to explain scale first: how many regional pages exist, where the key city clocks sit, and when a visitor should leave the national layer for a more precise local page.
If you already know the likely destination, the fastest next move is usually one of the major city pages such as time in Arraiján, time in Colón, and time in David.
Regional routes inside Panama
Major city clocks
The fastest city-level references in this country are time in Arraiján, time in Colón, time in David, time in Panama City, and time in San Miguelito.
Key state and regional pages
If the question is regional rather than city-specific, start with current local time in Panamá, current local time in Chiriquí Province, current local time in Colón, current local time in Coclé, and current local time in Veraguas.
Compare with another country
For cross-country planning, open the compare tool or jump directly to time in India, time in United States, and time in United Kingdom.
Representative daylight in Panama
Using time in Arraiján as the representative city reference, sunrise is 05:51, sunset is 18:09, and estimated day length is 12h 18m.
A country page cannot describe the daylight feel of every region at once, especially when places such as Panama City and Panama do different jobs in the national picture.
Quick answers about time in Panama
What time is it in Panama right now?
This page shows the current national reference time for Panama as 06:57:08 on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
Does Panama use one time zone or several?
Panama spans 3 recorded time zones in this dataset, so the state and city pages matter for precise local timing.
Should I use the country page, a state page, or a city page?
Use the country page for the national structure, a state page for regional context, and a city page when the exact local clock is the real answer.
Which place is the main reference inside Panama?
The national view can point to both Panama City as the capital and Panama as the biggest listed city, depending on whether the visitor needs administrative context or a stronger city-level anchor.
How do I move from the country view to the most useful local pages?
Start with regional pages such as current local time in Panamá, current local time in Chiriquí Province, and current local time in Colón, or jump straight to major city clocks like time in Arraiján and time in Colón.
How do I compare Panama with another country?
The quickest route is the compare tool or the built-in country links such as time in India and time in United States.
2,179 cities in Panama