What is the time zone of El Salvador?
El Salvador is in the Central Time zone. All places including the capital San Salvador have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country is not observing daylight savings so the clock remains unchanged during the year.
- Central Standard Time (CST):– 6:00 UTC (behind)
Time of neighboring islands and countries
You will remain in the same time zones when traveling outside El Salvador.
To Honduras:
- There is no time difference as it’s is in the same time zone all year round
To Guatemala:
- There is no time difference as it’s is in the same time zone all year round
To Nicaragua:
- There is no time difference as it’s is in the same time zone all year round
El Salvador Daylight Savings Time (DST)
There is no daylight savings time.
Other countries in Central America
You can check out information and maps of other Central American countries by clicking below links.
| Pacific Time | Mountain Time | Central Time | Eastern Time | Atlantic Time |
| Mexico * | Mexico * | Mexico * | Panama | |
| Belize | ||||
| Costa Rica | ||||
| El Salvador | ||||
| Guatemala | ||||
| Honduras | ||||
| Nicaragua | ||||
| * = multiple time zones |