Puerto Rico · AST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
San Juan, Puerto Rico runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. San Juan 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 San Juan lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between San Juan 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 San Juan lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between San Juan 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 San Juan.
Practical Info
San Juan (Puerto Rico) is home to roughly 2.4M people. Today brings about 13.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 19:06. 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 right.
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Puerto Rico
Capital
San Juan 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Puerto_Rico
Coordinates
18.47°N, 66.11°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
El Morro guards San Juan harbour across six levels rising about 44 metres above the sea, built between 1539 and 1790. It held off Francis Drake in 1595 and was only taken once, by the Dutch, who could not hold it.
The clock: Puerto Rico keeps UTC−4 year-round with no daylight saving, which means it matches New York in summer and is an hour ahead in winter.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap