Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Kingstown 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 Kingstown lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Kingstown 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 Kingstown lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Kingstown 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 Kingstown.
Practical Info
Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) is home to roughly 16K people. Today brings about 12.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, 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 13° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital
Kingstown 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/St_Vincent
Coordinates
13.16°N, 61.22°W
Currency
XCD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
St Vincent's botanical garden was founded in 1765 and is the oldest in the western hemisphere. A breadfruit tree there is said to descend from the plants Captain Bligh finally delivered in 1793, on his second attempt after the Bounty mutiny.
The clock: Kingstown keeps UTC−4. La Soufrière erupted explosively in 2021, covering much of the island in ash.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap