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Punta Cana

UTC−4

Dominican Republic · AST

Rainy season
20:45:06Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:00↓ 19:1224:00
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
19:12
Daylight
13.2hrs
Population
50K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

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

Practical Info

Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) is home to roughly 50K people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 19:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 19° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Capital

Santo Domingo

Continent

North America

Time Zone

AST · America/Santo_Domingo

Coordinates

18.58°N, 68.40°W

Currency

DOP (RD$)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Spanish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

An Airport Built by a Resort

Punta Cana's airport opened in 1984 as the first privately owned international airport in the world, built by the resort developers because no road served the area. It is now the busiest airport in the Caribbean.

The clock: Punta Cana keeps UTC−4 year-round. The Dominican Republic abolished daylight saving in 2000 after a brief and unpopular reintroduction.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
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06121824
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