Current time in Santo Domingo
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · America/Santo_Domingo · UTC-04:00
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, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Santo Domingo
Conditions near Santo Domingo and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly cloudy
- Feels like
- 33°C
- Humidity
- 75%
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny24°C to 33°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby24°C to 31°C71% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.6 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby23°C to 32°C66% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.1 km/h
Forecast valid from 19:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:16:01.779Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:31:01.779Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Santo Domingo
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Santo_Domingo local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:12
- Sunset
- 19:19
- Solar noon
- 12:46
- Civil twilight
- 05:48–19:43
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:26
- Moonset
- 21:26
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Dominican Republic. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- 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.
Country context
Dominican Republic at a glance
Country information for Dominican Republic. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Santo Domingo is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- DO · DOM · 214
- Population
- 10,627,165
- Currency
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Calling code
- ++1-809 and 1-829
- Languages
- Spanish (Dominican Republic)
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Santo_Domingo.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Santo_Domingo 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 3492908 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:16:01.754Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:16:01.779Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:16:01.778Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.