Haiti · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Port-au-Prince, Haiti runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince.
Practical Info
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) is home to roughly 2.8M people. Today brings about 13.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 19:24. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 19° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Haiti
Capital
Port-au-Prince 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Port-au-Prince
Coordinates
18.54°N, 72.34°W
Currency
HTG (G)
Calling Code
+509
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French, Haitian Creole
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Haiti declared independence in 1804 after the only successful large-scale slave revolt in history. France then demanded 150 million francs in compensation for lost property, a debt Haiti finished paying in 1947.
The clock: Haiti observes daylight saving while the Dominican Republic next door does not, so for part of each year the two halves of Hispaniola are an hour apart.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap