Cape Town to Valdivia: time difference

Valdivia is 5 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.

🇨🇱 Valdivia, Chile

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4:27 PM · Friday, November 6, 2026

  • Chile Summer Time
  • UTC-3
  • Daytime

☀️ 06:37 · 🌙 20:37 · 14 h

−5 h

One day, 2 clocks

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Cape Town 21:27 9:27 PM Valdivia 16:27 4:27 PM
Cape Town 21:27 9:27 PM Valdivia 16:27 4:27 PM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

21:27 9:27 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19

🇨🇱 Valdivia

16:27 4:27 PM

Chile Summer Time · UTC-3

☀️ 06:37 · 🌙 20:37

⇄ Difference

−5 h

Valdivia is 5 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Valdivia are all at the desk

Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.

Working hours
🇿🇦 Cape Town
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
🇨🇱 Valdivia
19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 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
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Time zones side by side

Detail 🇿🇦 Cape Town 🇨🇱 Valdivia
Local time 21:27 16:27
Local date Friday, November 6, 2026 Friday, November 6, 2026
Time zone South Africa Standard Time Chile Summer Time
UTC offset UTC+2 UTC-3
Offset from Cape Town — −5 h
IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg America/Santiago
Daylight saving Not observed On summer time → UTC-4, Apr 3, 23:00
Sunrise 05:42 06:37
Sunset 19:19 20:37
Daylight 13 h 37 min 14 h
People on this clock 3,740,026 150,048

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Cape Town and Valdivia: common questions

How many hours behind Cape Town is Valdivia?
The clocks in Valdivia are 5 hours behind those in Cape Town (UTC−3 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Valdivia?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Valdivia show 4:00 AM.
What time is it in Valdivia when it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town?
When it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, it is 1:00 PM in Valdivia.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Valdivia overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town, which is 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Valdivia.
When is it still the previous day in Valdivia?
Until 5:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Valdivia. The other way round, from 7:00 PM in Valdivia it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Valdivia the same all year?
No. Only Valdivia switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From April 3, 2027, Valdivia will be 6 hours behind Cape Town.
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