| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +8h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +13h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +14h | Becomes +15h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −3h | Becomes −4h on 1 Nov |
Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Charlotte Amalie 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 Charlotte Amalie lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Charlotte Amalie and London is 5 hours. 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 Charlotte Amalie lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Charlotte Amalie and Tokyo is 13 hours. 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 Caracas, La Paz, Santo Domingo. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Charlotte Amalie.
Charlotte Amalie (US Virgin Islands) is home to roughly 15K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:10, sunset at 18:09. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
US Virgin Islands
Capital
Charlotte Amalie 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/St_Thomas
Coordinates
18.34°N, 64.93°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
The United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 for $25 million in gold, worried Germany might take them and threaten the Panama Canal. They became the US Virgin Islands.
The clock: Charlotte Amalie keeps UTC−4 year-round. Its harbour is one of the busiest cruise ports in the Caribbean.
Charlotte Amalie lies at 64.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−4, is built around the 60°W meridian. The 4.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 20 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:20 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−4 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 14m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 2m. The swing between them is 2h 12m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Charlotte Amalie the sun comes up earliest on 6 June at 05:42, while the latest sunset waits until 8 July at 19:00. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Charlotte Amalie that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands is America/St_Thomas with a current UTC offset of UTC−4.
Charlotte Amalie has an estimated population of 15K and is located at coordinates 18.34°N, 64.93°W. It is the capital city of US Virgin Islands.
Charlotte Amalie gets 13h 14m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 2m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Charlotte Amalie falls at about 12:20 on UTC−4 standard time, because the city sits 4.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Bought From Denmark for $25 Million: The United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 for $25 million in gold, worried Germany might take them and threaten the Panama Canal. They became the US Virgin Islands.