Rio Gallegos in numbers
- Coordinates
- -51.6226, -69.2181
- Population
- 95 796
- Region
- Santa Cruz
- Country
- Argentina, South America
- Capital
- Buenos Aires — 2081 km away
What time is it in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
The clock above shows the current local time in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina, which uses America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos (−3).
Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
Local time in Rio Gallegos
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Rio Gallegos keeps America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 8:43 PM Daylight 14 h 44 min Night 9 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:22 AM – 9:21 PM
Weather in Rio Gallegos right now
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Rio Gallegos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9400 RIO GALLEGOS
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Santa Cruz
- Caleta Olivia 56 310
- Pico Truncado 25 194
- Las Heras 24 728
- El Calafate 22 844
- Puerto Deseado 16 747
- Comandante Luis Piedrabuena 9 278
Nearby places
- Hill Station — 5.3 km
- Chimen Aike — 10.5 km
- Punta Loyola — 14.4 km
- Gueer Aike — 27.9 km
- Piedra Buena — 34.3 km
- Coy Aike — 56.5 km
Time and daylight in Rio Gallegos
The time zone assigned to Rio Gallegos is America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, held at UTC−3. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Rio Gallegos sees the sun rise at 6:00 AM and set at 8:43 PM today. Daylight runs for 14 h 44 min.
Rio Gallegos, Hill Station and Chimen Aike all run on one and the same time.
Postal codes valid in Rio Gallegos number 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Rio Gallegos?
- The time zone local to Rio Gallegos is America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, with an offset of −3.
- Is summer time in effect in Rio Gallegos at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Rio Gallegos: No.
- What time is first light in Rio Gallegos?
- The sun rises at 6:00 AM.