Chimbote in numbers
- Coordinates
- -6.9471, -76.5243
- Region
- San Martín Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 565 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chimbote, San Martín Department, Peru
The reading below is the local time in Chimbote, San Martín Department, Peru, taken from the America/Lima zone (−5).
Chimbote, Peru
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in Chimbote
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Chimbote keeps America/Lima clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:41 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 12 h 20 min Night 11 h 40 min Civil twilight 5:19 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in Chimbote right now
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Chimbote and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02801
- 02802
- 02803
- 02804
- 16240
- 22630
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 San Martín Department
Other places named Chimbote
- Chimbote Ancash, Peru
- Chimbote Loreto, Peru
- Chimbote Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
- Chimbote San Martín Department, Peru
- Chimbote San Martín Department, Peru
Same time zone — America/Lima
Nearby places
- Dos de Mayo — 9.2 km
- Algarrobo — 10.3 km
- Nuevo Arica — 10.6 km
- San Carlos — 10.7 km
- Raudal — 10.8 km
- La Cabana — 10.9 km
Local time details for Chimbote
Today in Chimbote the sun appears at 5:41 AM and sets again at 6:01 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 20 min.
Nearby settlements including Dos de Mayo and Algarrobo match the time in Chimbote.
Chimbote accounts for 6 postal codes.
Clocks in Chimbote follow America/Lima, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Chimbote based on America/Lima?
- Yes, local time in Chimbote is based on America/Lima, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Chimbote shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Chimbote?
- 5:41 AM marks sunrise.