🇨🇱 Chile
Time, holidays, currency and practical info for Chile.
Current local time
Chile spans 3 time zones — the current time depends on which one. Pick a city below or browse the time-zone list to see local time.
Time zones in Chile (3)
Upcoming public holidays in Chile
Cities in Chile
Other countries in South America
At a glance
- Capital
- —
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Population
- 20,206,953
- Area
- 756,102 km²
- Currency
- CLP $
- Calling code
- +56
- Driving side
- right
- Languages
- spa
- Internet TLD
- .cl
About
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. According to the 2024 census, Chile had an enumerated population of 18.5 million. The country covers a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi), sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. It also administers several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city is Santiago, and the official and national language is Spanish.
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