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Current time in Bridgetown

Thursday, 16 July 2026

Bridgetown, Barbados · America/Barbados · UTC-04:00

Time-zone identity for Bridgetown

IANA zone
America/Barbados
UTC offset now
UTC-04:00
Current zone label
GMT-4
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Bridgetown is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Bridgetown

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Weather now

Weather in Bridgetown

Conditions near Bridgetown and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

29°C

Patchy rain nearby

Feels like
34°C
Humidity
75%
Wind
23.8 km/h E
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 29°C55% chance of precipitationWind up to 33.5 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby27°C to 28°C59% chance of precipitationWind up to 35.6 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby27°C to 28°C42% chance of precipitationWind up to 40.3 km/h

Forecast valid from 17:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:03:50.993Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:18:50.993Z.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Bridgetown

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Barbados, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Sun and Moon today

Sun and Moon in Bridgetown

Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Barbados local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise
05:40
Sunset
18:29
Solar noon
12:05
Civil twilight
05:17–18:52

Moon

Moonrise
07:49
Moonset
20:39
Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illumination
7%

Capital city context

About Bridgetown, capital of Barbados

Bridgetown is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Barbados. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.

Capital status
Capital of Barbados
Administrative area
Saint Michael, Barbados
Population
98,511
Coordinates
13.1073° N, 59.6202° W. The elevation is 10 metres.

Country context

Barbados at a glance

Country information for Barbados. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital
Bridgetown is the listed capital.
Country codes
BB · BRB · 052
Population
286,641
Currency
Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
Calling code
++1-246
Languages
English (Barbados)
Time zones represented
1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Barbados.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for America/Barbados when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3374036 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:03:50.971Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:03:50.993Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T13:59:51.761Z

View calculation details and sources
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    GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessed
    Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
    United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed
    Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.