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Concepción, Paraguay

Concepción Department uses UTC−3, the official time throughout Paraguay. Concepción, Horqueta, Yby Yaú, and its other communities keep identical clock time, while sunrise moves with the seasons.

Concepcion, Paraguay

04:15:38

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC−3 · America/Asuncion

Time and sun data for Concepcion — the largest city of Concepción

The sun in Concepcion

Sunrise 06:59 Solar noon 12:50 Sunset 18:41 Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 06:36 – 19:04

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Current time in Concepción, Paraguay

Local time in Concepción is three hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. The same rule applies across the department, from the city of Concepción beside the Paraguay River to inland districts farther east.

No clock adjustment is needed when travelling between Concepción and another Paraguayan department. This makes domestic scheduling simple: the time shown for Asunción, Encarnación, or Ciudad del Este is also the time in Concepción.

A river journey may feel unhurried, but the clock on either bank of the department remains firmly on Paraguayan time. When arranging a conversation with someone abroad, remember that the other country may change its clocks seasonally even though Paraguay does not. Consequently, the international time difference can change during the year.

Urban centres across the department

Concepción is the departmental capital and its principal urban centre. Horqueta and Yby Yaú are other important population and transport centres. Loreto, Belén, San Lázaro, and other districts extend the department’s settled network beyond the capital.

Every municipality follows the national clock. A location selector may display a city name, the department name, or simply Paraguay; each should produce the same civil time when configured correctly. Choose Concepción for the departmental capital and riverfront city.

Choose Horqueta or Yby Yaú when local weather and daylight are also relevant. Use UTC−3 for manual time conversion. Confirm the date as well as the hour when contacting places across the International Date Line.

Reading sunrise times correctly

A sunrise listing describes the moment calculated for a particular date and position. It is not a fixed daily appointment. Seasonal changes alter both sunrise and sunset, and locations farther east within Concepción generally meet dawn a little earlier than locations farther west.

Cloud does not change the calculated sunrise, although it may hide the Sun. Trees, buildings, riverbanks, and uneven terrain can delay the moment at which an observer actually sees the solar disc. A forecast and a sunrise table therefore answer different questions.

City-level information is preferable for fishing departures, road travel, farm work, or photography. If only a departmental value is available, treat it as a useful regional guide rather than an exact observation for every settlement.

Questions and answers

Does Concepción have a different time from Asunción?: No. Both use Paraguay’s UTC−3 official time.
Which city should I use for the department’s time?: Concepción is the capital and a practical reference, but every city in the department has the same clock time.
Why does the sunrise time change?: Earth’s orbit, its tilted axis, the date, and the observer’s location determine the changing time of sunrise.