Basse-TerreGuadeloupe
Current time in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBasse-Terre time at a glance
- Country
- Guadeloupe
- Location
- Capital city of Guadeloupe
- Time zone
America/Guadeloupe- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Basse-Terre time guide
Does Basse-Terre change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Year-round offset
- Atlantic Standard Time (AST), UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Guadeloupe
- Basse-Terre and London
- 5 hours behind during GMT; 6 hours behind during BST
- Basse-Terre and New York
- 1 hour ahead during EST; same clock time during EDT
Commune, city and island
The commune count is not the island population
INSEE gives Basse-Terre commune a 2023 municipal population of 9,417 and a total population of 9,614. Those figures describe the commune, not all of Basse-Terre island or the wider Guadeloupe archipelago.
Time-zone identity for Basse-Terre
- IANA zone
America/Guadeloupe- 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.
Basse-Terre is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Basse-Terre
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 Basse-Terre
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Guadeloupe, 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 Basse-Terre, capital of Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre is the capital of Guadeloupe. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Guadeloupe
- Administrative area
- Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe
- Population
- 11,472
- Coordinates
- 15.9971° N, 61.7321° W. The elevation is 11 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Basse-Terre
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Basse-Terre. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe19 km east
America/GuadeloupeSame local time - Petit-BourgGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe26 km northeast
America/GuadeloupeSame local time - Baie-MahaultGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe34 km northeast
America/GuadeloupeSame local time - Pointe-à-PitreGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe34 km northeast
America/GuadeloupeSame local time - Le GosierGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe35 km northeast
America/GuadeloupeSame local time - Sainte-RoseGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe37 km north
America/GuadeloupeSame local time
Sources for Basse-Terre 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.
- Populations de référence 2023: Basse-TerreINSEE · Effective 2026-01-01 · AccessedOfficial municipal and total population figures for the commune.