Saint Kitts and Nevis · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Basseterre and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Basseterre lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Basseterre and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Basseterre lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Basseterre and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Basseterre.
Practical Info
Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis) is home to roughly 14K people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 17° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital
Basseterre 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/St_Kitts
Coordinates
17.30°N, 62.72°W
Currency
XCD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
St Kitts built a 48-kilometre narrow-gauge railway around the island from 1912 to carry cane to the central mill. The sugar industry closed in 2005; the railway survives as a scenic line, the last in the West Indies.
The clock: Basseterre keeps UTC−4. Brimstone Hill Fortress above the town is a UNESCO site, built by enslaved labour over a century.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap