Arica in numbers
- Coordinates
- -18.5377, -69.9746
- Population
- 241 653
- Country
- Chile, South America
- Capital
- Santiago — 1660 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arica, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile
See the local time in Arica, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile right now, measured in the America/Santiago time zone (−3).
Arica, Chile
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Santiago
Local time in Arica
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Arica keeps America/Santiago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 1:27 PM Sunset 7:42 PM Daylight 12 h 30 min Night 11 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 8:04 PM
Weather in Arica right now
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Arica and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1000000
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 Arica y Parinacota Region
- Putre 2 765
- General Lagos 684
- Camarones 606
- Santa Rosa 313
- Codpa 208
- Cuya 166
Other places named Arica
- Arica Samsun, Turkey
- Arica Batman, Turkey
- Arica Pando, Bolivia
- Arica Apurímac Department, Peru
- Arica Arequipa, Peru
Same time zone — America/Santiago
- Santiago Chile
Nearby places
- Casa Grande — 5.7 km
- Linderos — 13.5 km
- Poconchile — 13.5 km
- Santa Rosa — 13.7 km
- Puro Chile — 14.3 km
- El Tambo — 14.6 km
Arica: clock, sun and surroundings
The number of postal codes covering Arica is 1.
The zone in force in Arica is America/Santiago, with an offset of UTC−3. Seasonal change: Yes.
In Arica the sun rises today at 7:12 AM and sets again at 7:42 PM. Daylight fills 12 h 30 min of the day.
The same hours are kept in Arica and in nearby Casa Grande and Poconchile.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Arica in for local time?
- For local time, Arica is in America/Santiago, with an offset of −3.
- Does Arica stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Arica: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Arica?
- At 7:42 PM.