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Peak hours

Claude peak hours at a glance

Claude's peak hours are weekdays from 13:00 to 19:00 UTC. During peak hours, 5-hour session limits on Free, Pro, Max and Team plans drain faster; weekly limits don't change.

Peak window
Weekdays, 13:00–19:00 UTC
Off-peak
Other weekday hours and weekends
Weekly limits
Unchanged
In effect since
March 27, 2026
Claude Code on Pro & Max
Exempt since May 6, 2026
Affected plans
FreeProMaxTeamEnterprise

Peak hours in your city

  • New YorkGMT-409:00–15:00
  • San FranciscoGMT-706:00–12:00
  • LondonGMT+114:00–20:00
  • ParisGMT+215:00–21:00
  • IstanbulGMT+316:00–22:00
  • New DelhiGMT+5:3018:30–00:30
  • TokyoGMT+922:00–04:00
  • SeoulGMT+922:00–04:00
  • BeijingGMT+821:00–03:00
  • São PauloGMT-310:00–16:00

Weekends are off-peak all day.

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FAQ

Questions answered

Claude's peak hours are weekdays from 13:00 to 19:00 UTC. All other hours, including the whole weekend, are off-peak.

Your 5-hour session limit drains faster than usual on Free, Pro, Max and Team plans. Weekly limits don't change.

Check the live clock at the top of this page. It shows the current status, the peak window in your local time and a countdown to the next change. Developers can query GET /api/status.

Free, Pro, Max and Team. Enterprise plans aren't affected, and Claude Code on Pro and Max has been exempt since May 6, 2026.

Standard Claude Code weekly limits are now permanently 25% above the pre-promotion baseline. The temporary +50% boost ended the same day, so heavy users have about 17% less weekly capacity than during the promotion.

Run long or token-heavy work outside 13:00–19:00 UTC on weekdays, or on the weekend, when session limits drain at normal speed.

From March 13 to 27, 2026, Claude doubled session limits outside weekday peak hours and all weekend for Free, Pro, Max and Team plans.

Every deal links to an official or reputable source, such as a help center article, the company's blog or a news report, and shows the date it was last checked. Expired offers leave the live lists automatically.

No. PromoClock is an independent project by Onur Şendere. Some outbound links are affiliate links, but they never decide which deals are listed.

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curl -s https://promoclock.co/api/status | python3 -c "import sys,json;d=json.load(sys.stdin);print(d['emoji'],d['label'])"