What time is it in Chañaral, Atacama, Chile
The exact time in Chañaral, Atacama, Chile is given here, for the America/Santiago time zone (−3).
Chañaral, Chile
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Santiago
Local time in Chañaral
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Chañaral keeps America/Santiago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 1:27 PM Sunset 8:04 PM Daylight 13 h 13 min Night 10 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 8:28 PM
Weather in Chañaral right now
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Chañaral and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1490000
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 Atacama
- Copiapo 129 280
- Vallenar 44 895
- Caldera 16 150
- Diego de Almagro 13 925
- Tierra Amarilla 12 898
- Huasco 8 977
Other places named Chañaral
Same time zone — America/Santiago
- Santiago Chile
Nearby places
- El Barquito — 3.3 km
- Puerto Pan De Azucar — 22.6 km
- Puerto Flamenco — 26.9 km
- Puerto Flamenco — 26.9 km
- El Salado — 30.8 km
- Las Bombas — 39.4 km
Chañaral: clock, sun and surroundings
Chañaral sees the sun rise at 6:51 AM and set at 8:04 PM today. Daylight runs for 13 h 13 min.
El Barquito and Puerto Pan De Azucar, both nearby, hold the same time as Chañaral.
Chañaral has 1 postal code in total.
Chañaral uses the America/Santiago time zone with a UTC−3 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Chañaral?
- Select America/Santiago for Chañaral; the offset is −3.
- Does the clock in Chañaral move for summer time?
- Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Chañaral.
- They are 6:51 AM and 8:04 PM.