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Castries

UTC−4

Saint Lucia · AST

Rainy season
20:45:07Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 18:3624:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
18:36
Daylight
13.0hrs
Population
20K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Castries, Saint Lucia runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Castries 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 Castries lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Castries 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 Castries lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Castries 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 Castries.

Practical Info

Castries (Saint Lucia) is home to roughly 20K people. Today brings about 13.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 14° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Capital

Castries 👑

Continent

North America

Time Zone

AST · America/St_Lucia

Coordinates

14.01°N, 60.99°W

Currency

XCD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Two Nobel Laureates From 180,000 People

Saint Lucia has produced two Nobel laureates — Arthur Lewis in economics and Derek Walcott in literature — from a population of under 180,000, the highest number of laureates per capita of any country.

The clock: Castries keeps UTC−4. The Pitons, two volcanic spires rising about 770 metres straight from the sea, are a UNESCO site.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
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