What time is it in Shancayan, Ancash, Peru
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Shancayan, Ancash, Peru, in the America/Lima zone (−5).
Shancayan, Peru
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in Shancayan
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Shancayan.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 11 h 58 min Night 12 h 02 min Civil twilight 5:51 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Shancayan right now
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Shancayan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02150 Cruz Catac — 0.4 km away
- 02140 Shupluy — 1.0 km away
- 02145 Cascapara — 3.6 km away
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 Ancash
- Chimbote 316 966
- Huaraz 118 836
- Centenario 47 581
- Huarmey 16 172
- Coishco 15 083
- Puerto Santa 14 066
Same time zone — America/Lima
Nearby places
- Huayrorupashga — 16.1 km
- Coscopunta — 17.2 km
- Anta — 17.2 km
- Pampacancha — 17.5 km
- Irhua — 17.5 km
- Quebrada — 17.8 km
Time and daylight in Shancayan
The sun is up at 6:12 AM in Shancayan and down again at 6:10 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 58 min of daylight.
Time in Yanamito and Amashca, both close to Shancayan, runs the same.
Sorting mail for Shancayan involves 3 postal codes.
Shancayan falls within America/Lima, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Shancayan?
- Shancayan uses the America/Lima time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Shancayan at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Shancayan: No.
- What time is first light in Shancayan?
- The sun rises at 6:12 AM.