Right now, local time in El Alto is 18:51 (GMT-5, UTC-05:00), and today is Monday, November 2, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
El Alto ranks #47295 worldwide by population and #199 in Peru.
Time zone info
- Time zone
- America/Lima GMT-5
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Solar time
- Clocks run about 9m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 45
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 06:01
- Sunset
- 18:17
- Day length
- 12h 16m
- Solar noon
- 12:09
- Daylight range
- 11h 52m (winter) – 12h 22m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌗 Last Quarter · 45% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for El Alto — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from El Alto through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 4.27° N, 98.78° E
- Hemisphere
- Northern · Eastern
- What lies there
- Land — nearest tracked city is Labuhan Deli, Indonesia, about 46 km away
- Local time at the antipode
- 06:51 GMT+7 (Asia/Jakarta)
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in El Alto today MWL
- Fajr
- 04:49
- Sunrise
- 06:00
- Dhuhr
- 12:09
- Asr
- 15:27
- Maghrib
- 18:16
- Isha
- 19:24
- Qibla direction
- 67.6° from north (ENE (68°))
Full prayer timetable for El Alto — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
El Alto sits in the America/Lima time zone, UTC-05:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 12h 16m of daylight, and days are longer than nights. It is one of the 1773 cities we cover in Peru.
El Alto's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is São Paulo, 4,284 km away; even Singapore lies some 19,368 km off. Its position on the globe is 4.27° S, 81.22° W, and the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth is described in the antipode section below.
Time difference with major cities
| Los Angeles | 15:51 | −3h |
| Chicago | 17:51 | −1h |
| São Paulo | 20:51 | +2h |
| London | 23:51 | +5h |
| Paris | 00:51 | +6h |
| Moscow | 02:51 | +8h |
| Dubai | 03:51 | +9h |
| Mumbai | 05:21 | +10h 30m |
| Singapore | 07:51 | +13h |
| Hong Kong | 07:51 | +13h |
| Tokyo | 08:51 | +14h |
| Sydney | 10:51 | +16h |
Best time to call El Alto
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in El Alto local time:
Cities sharing El Alto's time zone
Distances from El Alto
| São Paulo | 4,284 km | ESE (123°) |
| Chicago | 5,172 km | N (353°) |
| Los Angeles | 5,763 km | NW (321°) |
| London | 9,766 km | NE (38°) |
| Paris | 9,896 km | NE (41°) |
| Moscow | 12,165 km | NNE (32°) |
| Sydney | 13,077 km | SW (228°) |
| Tokyo | 14,562 km | NW (315°) |
| Dubai | 14,825 km | ENE (59°) |
| Mumbai | 16,759 km | ENE (58°) |
| Hong Kong | 17,412 km | NW (322°) |
| Singapore | 19,368 km | WSW (240°) |
Cities near El Alto
FAQ
What time is it in El Alto right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in El Alto (Peru), updated every second. It is currently week 45.
What time zone is El Alto in?
El Alto runs on the America/Lima IANA time zone (UTC-05:00), currently abbreviated GMT-5.
Does El Alto observe daylight saving time?
El Alto does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in El Alto today?
El Alto sees sunrise at 06:01 and sunset at 18:17 today, giving 12h 16m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over El Alto tonight?
The moon phase over El Alto tonight is 🌗 Last Quarter with 45.1% illumination.
What is the antipode of El Alto?
The antipode of El Alto — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 4.27° N, 98.78° E. It falls on land, near Labuhan Deli, Indonesia, about 46 km from that city. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is El Alto?
El Alto lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in El Alto?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In El Alto, clocks run about 9 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.