Chota in numbers
- Coordinates
- -6.5600, -78.6426
- Population
- 14 240
- Region
- Cajamarca Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 636 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chota, Cajamarca Department, Peru
Local time in Chota, Cajamarca Department, Peru is shown on this page, based on the America/Lima time zone (−5).
Chota, Peru
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in Chota
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Chota keeps America/Lima clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Chota right now
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Chota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05560
- 06121
- 13115
- 13135
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 Cajamarca Department
- Cajamarca 201 329
- Jaen 52 493
- Celendin 14 660
- Cajabamba 13 486
- Bambamarca 13 351
- San Ignacio 7 912
Other places named Chota
- Chota La Libertad, Peru
- Chota Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Chota Rajasthan, India
- Chota Rajasthan, India
- Chota North-Western, Zambia
Same time zone — America/Lima
Nearby places
- Tranca de Pujupe Sector III — 17.7 km
- Maraycucho — 18.2 km
- Apán Alto — 19.4 km
- Pilancones — 19.5 km
- Apán Bajo — 19.9 km
- El Tingo — 20.0 km
Local time details for Chota
Sunrise today in Chota lands at 5:51 AM; sunset lands at 6:09 PM. That is 12 h 18 min of light.
Time in Tranca de Pujupe Sector III and Maraycucho, both close to Chota, runs the same.
4 distinct postal codes apply to Chota.
Time in Chota runs on America/Lima, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Chota?
- Chota is in America/Lima, with an offset of −5.
- Does Chota switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Chota: No.
- When does daylight begin in Chota?
- Daylight begins at 5:51 AM.