Local time in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Current local time in Saint Kitts and Nevis (AST (UTC-4)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Basseterre
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Differences are relative to Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Standard label
- AST (UTC-4)
- Standard offset (Basseterre)
- UTC−4
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Basseterre
- IANA zones
- America/Puerto_Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis uses AST (UTC-4) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Sunrise and sunset in Basseterre
At 17.3° north, Basseterre gets 13 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 11 h 06 min around the December solstice — a difference of 2 h 04 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:45 | 12:23 | 18:01 | 11 h 16 min |
| 21 February | 06:35 | 12:26 | 18:16 | 11 h 41 min |
| 21 March | 06:15 | 12:19 | 18:23 | 12 h 08 min |
| 21 April | 05:52 | 12:10 | 18:29 | 12 h 37 min |
| 21 May | 05:38 | 12:08 | 18:39 | 13 h 00 min |
| 21 June | 05:39 | 12:13 | 18:48 | 13 h 10 min |
| 21 July | 05:47 | 12:18 | 18:48 | 13 h 01 min |
| 21 August | 05:56 | 12:15 | 18:34 | 12 h 38 min |
| 21 September | 06:01 | 12:05 | 18:09 | 12 h 09 min |
| 21 October | 06:06 | 11:56 | 17:46 | 11 h 40 min |
| 21 November | 06:20 | 11:58 | 17:36 | 11 h 16 min |
| 21 December | 06:37 | 12:10 | 17:43 | 11 h 06 min |
Calculated for Basseterre (17.30°, -62.73°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis does not change its clocks: it stays on AST (UTC-4) all year in 2026 and 2027.
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.