Santo DomingoDominican Republic
Current time in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSanto Domingo time at a glance
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Location
- Capital city of Dominican Republic
- Time zone
America/Santo_Domingo- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Santo Domingo time guide
Does Santo Domingo change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Year-round offset
- Atlantic Standard Time, UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Santo_Domingo
- Santo Domingo and London
- 4 hours behind GMT; 5 hours behind BST
- Santo Domingo and New York
- 1 hour ahead during EST; the same clock time during EDT
National District, province and metro area
Santo Domingo’s names describe different geographies
The Dominican Republic’s 2022 census counted 1,029,110 residents in the Distrito Nacional, the capital’s core jurisdiction. Santo Domingo Province and the wider Ozama metropolitan region are separate, larger census geographies.
Time-zone identity for Santo Domingo
- IANA zone
America/Santo_Domingo- 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.
Santo Domingo is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Santo Domingo
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Santo Domingo
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Santo_Domingo, 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.
Capital city context
About Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo is the capital of Dominican Republic. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Dominican Republic
- Administrative area
- Nacional, Dominican Republic
- Population
- 2,201,941
- Coordinates
- 18.4719° N, 69.8923° W. The elevation is 24 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Santo Domingo
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Santo Domingo. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Ciudad NuevaNacional, Dominican Republic0.5 km south
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time - Villa FranciscaNacional, Dominican Republic1.3 km north
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time - Villa ConsueloNacional, Dominican Republic1.5 km northwest
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time - Cristo ReyNacional, Dominican Republic5.3 km northwest
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time - Bella VistaNacional, Dominican Republic5.9 km west
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time - Santo Domingo EsteSanto Domingo Province, Dominican Republic4.9 km east
America/Santo_DomingoSame local time
Sources for Santo Domingo time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- 2022 National Population and Housing CensusNational Statistics Office of the Dominican Republic · 2022 census results published 2024 · AccessedOfficial results by region, province, municipality and municipal district.