| 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 |
Willemstad, Curaçao runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Willemstad 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 Willemstad lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Willemstad 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 Willemstad lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Willemstad 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 Willemstad.
Willemstad (Curaçao) is home to roughly 150K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 18:26. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Curaçao
Capital
Willemstad 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
AST · America/Curacao
Coordinates
12.11°N, 68.93°W
Currency
XCG (Cg)
Calling Code
+599
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch, Papiamento
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Queen Emma pontoon bridge floats across St Anna Bay on sixteen pontoons and swings aside on its own engine whenever a ship comes through — several times a day since 1888. Pedestrians ride it across when it opens.
The clock: Curaçao keeps UTC−4. Its harbourfront buildings are painted in colours because a 19th-century governor, blaming his migraines on the glare, banned white.
Willemstad lies at 68.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−4, is built around the 60°W meridian. The 8.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 36 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:36 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 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 25m. The swing between them is 1h 25m. 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 Willemstad the sun comes up earliest on 1 June at 06:10, while the latest sunset waits until 12 July at 19:05. 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 Willemstad that civil twilight runs about 21 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 Willemstad, Curaçao is America/Curacao with a current UTC offset of UTC−4.
Willemstad has an estimated population of 150K and is located at coordinates 12.11°N, 68.93°W. It is the capital city of Curaçao.
Willemstad gets 12h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Willemstad falls at about 12:36 on UTC−4 standard time, because the city sits 8.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Bridge That Swings Open: The Queen Emma pontoon bridge floats across St Anna Bay on sixteen pontoons and swings aside on its own engine whenever a ship comes through — several times a day since 1888. Pedestrians ride it across when it opens.