Prayer Times in Santiago, Chile

Santiago prayer times explained

As things stand today, the first prayer in Santiago is at 5:12 am and the last at 9:38 pm. Each of them moves slightly from one day to the next; the page rebuilds daily, so what you see is current.

The calculation behind them

These times follow Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Where two calculations disagree it is nearly always Fajr or Isha: those depend on twilight, and twilight is a judgement call. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

Lining up with the Kaaba

The qibla from here runs east, a bearing of about 82°. Makkah is around 13,147 kilometres (8,169 miles) away in a straight line. Compass apps usually read magnetic north rather than true north, so allow a few degrees of local declination if you are setting a prayer mat precisely.

How much the times move

The seasons show here without dominating. Summer in Santiago brings earlier Fajr times and a later Isha; winter pulls everything inward, and Maghrib can arrive while the afternoon still feels unfinished. Expect an hour or two of movement between the extremes.

Santiago today, prayer by prayer

Fajr is at 5:12 am — early, and in darkness. By 6:45 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 1:26 pm, and Asr at 6:12 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 8:08 pm, and Isha closes the day at 9:38 pm. Around 13 hours and 23 minutes of daylight, all told.

If you are fasting

The fasting day here runs 5:12 am to 8:08 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 14 hours and 56 minutes. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

A quirk of the timezone

Solar noon in Santiago falls about 86 minutes after twelve o'clock. Hence Dhuhr at 1:26 pm, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

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