BasseterreSaint Kitts and Nevis
Current time in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBasseterre time at a glance
- Country
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Location
- Capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Time zone
America/St_Kitts- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Basseterre time guide
Does Basseterre change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Year-round offset
- Atlantic Standard Time (AST), UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/St_Kitts
- Basseterre and London
- 4 hours behind during GMT; 5 hours behind during BST
- Basseterre and New York
- 1 hour ahead during EST; same clock time during EDT
Town and parishes
Greater Basseterre crosses parish boundaries
Basseterre is centered in Saint George Basseterre parish, while its continuous urban development extends into neighboring Saint Peter Basseterre. Population figures should identify whether they cover the town, one parish or the wider urban area.
Time-zone identity for Basseterre
- IANA zone
America/St_Kitts- 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.
Basseterre is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Basseterre
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 Basseterre
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/St_Kitts, 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 Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Administrative area
- Saint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Population
- 12,920
- Coordinates
- 17.2955° N, 62.7250° W. The elevation is -22 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Basseterre
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Basseterre. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- GustaviaSaint Barthelemy68 km north
America/St_BarthelemySame local time - PlymouthSaint Anthony, Montserrat85 km southeast
America/MontserratSame local time - PhilipsburgSint Maarten88 km northwest
America/Lower_PrincesSame local time - MarigotSaint Martin94 km northwest
America/MarigotSame local time - Saint John’sSaint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda96 km east
America/AntiguaSame local time - The ValleyAnguilla108 km north
America/AnguillaSame local time
Sources for Basseterre 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.
- Population and Housing CensusDepartment of Statistics Saint Kitts and Nevis · Official statistics portal · AccessedNational source for census and parish-level demographic reporting.