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Basseterre

UTC−4

Saint Kitts and Nevis · AST

Rainy season
20:45:36Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 18:4824:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
18:48
Daylight
13.2hrs
Population
14K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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.

Flag

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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?

A Railway Built for Sugar

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

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Working Hours

2h overlap
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06121824
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