Bonaire · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kralendijk, Bonaire runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Kralendijk 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 Kralendijk lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Kralendijk 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 Kralendijk lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Kralendijk 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 Kralendijk.
Practical Info
Kralendijk (Bonaire) is home to roughly 3K people. Today brings about 12.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 19:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Bonaire
Capital
Kralendijk 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Kralendijk
Coordinates
12.15°N, 68.28°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+599
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch, Papiamento
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bonaire protected all its surrounding waters from the high-water mark to 60 metres depth in 1979, one of the earliest such designations anywhere, which is why its reefs are in unusually good condition. Shore diving is possible at dozens of marked sites.
The clock: Kralendijk keeps UTC−4. Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands and uses the US dollar.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap