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Port of Spain

UTC−4

Trinidad and Tobago · AST

Rainy Season
20:43:25Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:42↓ 18:2424:00
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
18:24
Daylight
12.7hrs
Population
540K
Season
Rainy Season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Port of Spain 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 of Spain lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Port of Spain 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 of Spain lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Port of Spain 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 of Spain.

Practical Info

Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) is home to roughly 540K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 18:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 11° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Capital

Port of Spain 👑

Continent

North America

Time Zone

AST · America/Port_of_Spain

Coordinates

10.66°N, 61.52°W

Currency

TTD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

An Instrument Invented in the 1930s

The steelpan was developed in Trinidad in the 1930s and 40s from discarded oil drums — generally reckoned the only entirely new acoustic instrument family of the 20th century. It is now the national instrument.

The clock: Port of Spain keeps UTC−4. Trinidad also has Pitch Lake, the largest natural asphalt deposit in the world, which has been mined since the 1590s and keeps refilling.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
Port of SpainUTC−4
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824