| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +8h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +13h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +14h | Becomes +15h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −3h | Becomes −4h on 1 Nov |
Road Town, British Virgin Islands runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Road Town 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 Road Town lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Road Town and London is 5 hours. 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 Road Town lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Road Town and Tokyo is 13 hours. 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 Caracas, La Paz, Santo Domingo. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Road Town.
Road Town (British Virgin Islands) is home to roughly 12K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:08, sunset at 18:08. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
British Virgin Islands
Capital
Road Town 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Tortola
Coordinates
18.43°N, 64.62°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Baths on Virgin Gorda are granite boulders up to about 12 metres across, left when the volcanic rock around them eroded away, forming grottoes and tidal pools between them.
The clock: Road Town keeps UTC−4. The BVI is one of the largest offshore company registries in the world, with far more registered companies than residents.
Road Town lies at 64.6°W. Its time zone, UTC−4, is built around the 60°W meridian. The 4.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−4 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 14m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 1m. The swing between them is 2h 13m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Road Town the sun comes up earliest on 6 June at 05:41, while the latest sunset waits until 8 July at 18:59. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Road Town that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Road Town, British Virgin Islands is America/Tortola with a current UTC offset of UTC−4.
Road Town has an estimated population of 12K and is located at coordinates 18.43°N, 64.62°W. It is the capital city of British Virgin Islands.
Road Town gets 13h 14m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 1m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Road Town falls at about 12:18 on UTC−4 standard time, because the city sits 4.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Granite Boulders, Used as a Beach: The Baths on Virgin Gorda are granite boulders up to about 12 metres across, left when the volcanic rock around them eroded away, forming grottoes and tidal pools between them.