Trinidad and Tobago · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
2h overlap