Martinique · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Fort-de-France, Martinique runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Fort-de-France 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 Fort-de-France lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Fort-de-France 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 Fort-de-France lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Fort-de-France 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 Fort-de-France.
Practical Info
Fort-de-France (Martinique) is home to roughly 80K 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 15° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Martinique
Capital
Fort-de-France 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Martinique
Coordinates
14.60°N, 61.07°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+596
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mount Pelée erupted on 8 May 1902 and destroyed Saint-Pierre, then Martinique's largest city, killing around 30,000 people in a few minutes. There were a handful of survivors, one of them a prisoner in an underground cell.
The clock: Fort-de-France keeps UTC−4, five hours behind Paris, which governs it.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap