La Penca in numbers
- Coordinates
- -6.2834, -78.9462
- Region
- Cajamarca Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 676 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Penca, Cajamarca Department, Peru
The time you see here is the local time in La Penca, Cajamarca Department, Peru, in the America/Lima time zone (−5).
La Penca, Peru
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in La Penca
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
La Penca keeps America/Lima clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:52 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:30 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in La Penca right now
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La Penca and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06700
- 13560
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
Other places named La Penca
- La Penca Cordoba, Argentina
- La Penca Cordoba, Argentina
- La Penca Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- La Penca Michoacán, Mexico
- La Penca Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic
Same time zone — America/Lima
Nearby places
- Chabarbamba — 16.2 km
- Mitoconga — 17.8 km
- Chiple Bajo — 17.9 km
- Huambos — 18.0 km
- Challuaracra — 18.3 km
- Adcuñac — 18.7 km
La Penca: clock, sun and surroundings
Time runs the same in La Penca and in nearby Chabarbamba and Mitoconga.
La Penca operates with 2 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for La Penca is America/Lima, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Today's times for La Penca: the sun is up at 5:52 AM and down at 6:10 PM. That means 12 h 18 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does La Penca follow?
- La Penca follows America/Lima, with an offset of −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in La Penca?
- Daylight saving in La Penca: No.
- When does evening light leave La Penca?
- At 6:10 PM.