Buenos Aires to Bentota: time difference
Bentota is 8 h 30 min ahead of Buenos Aires. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
+8 h 30 min
Your time
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Buenos Aires 19:00 7:00 PM Bentota 03:30 3:30 AM You –:–
19:00 7:00 PM
Argentina Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 06:10 · 🌙 19:10
03:30 3:30 AM
India Standard Time · UTC+5:30
☀️ 05:57 · 🌙 17:55
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+8 h 30 min
Bentota is 8 h 30 min ahead of Buenos Aires.
When you, Buenos Aires and Bentota are all at the desk
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Working hours
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇱🇰 Bentota
8:30 8:30 AM 9:30 9:30 AM 10:30 10:30 AM 11:30 11:30 AM 12:30 12:30 PM 13:30 1:30 PM 14:30 2:30 PM 15:30 3:30 PM 16:30 4:30 PM 17:30 5:30 PM 18:30 6:30 PM 19:30 7:30 PM 20:30 8:30 PM 21:30 9:30 PM 22:30 10:30 PM 23:30 11:30 PM 0:30 12:30 AM 1:30 1:30 AM 2:30 2:30 AM 3:30 3:30 AM 4:30 4:30 AM 5:30 5:30 AM 6:30 6:30 AM 7:30 7:30 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires | 🇱🇰 Bentota |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 19:00 | 03:30 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 17, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Argentina Standard Time | India Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-3 | UTC+5:30 |
| Offset from Buenos Aires | — | +8 h 30 min |
| IANA zone | America/Argentina/Buenos Aires | Asia/Colombo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:10 | 05:57 |
| Sunset | 19:10 | 17:55 |
| Daylight | 13 h | 11 h 58 min |
| People on this clock | 2,891,082 | 37,000 |
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Buenos Aires and Bentota: common questions
How far ahead of Buenos Aires is Bentota?
Bentota is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Buenos Aires: UTC+5:30 against UTC−3.
What time is it in Bentota when it is 9:00 AM in Buenos Aires?
When it is 9:00 AM in Buenos Aires, it is 5:30 PM in Bentota.
If it is 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires, what time is it in Bentota?
At 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires, clocks in Bentota show 2:30 AM (the next day).
When is a good time to call Bentota from Buenos Aires?
Between 9:00 AM and 9:30 AM in Buenos Aires – that is 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM in Bentota – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Bentota compared with Buenos Aires?
The new day starts in Bentota earlier: at 3:30 PM in Buenos Aires it is already midnight there. Until 8:30 AM in Bentota, Buenos Aires is still on the previous day.
Does the time gap between Buenos Aires and Bentota change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Buenos Aires nor in Bentota, so the gap is 8 hours and 30 minutes all year round.
