Current time in Basseterre
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis · America/St_Kitts · UTC-04:00
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, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Basseterre
Conditions near Basseterre and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 37°C
- Humidity
- 66%
- Wind
- 29.9 km/h E
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby26°C to 28°C59% chance of precipitationWind up to 33.1 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby27°C to 28°C48% chance of precipitationWind up to 36 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby27°C to 28°C46% chance of precipitationWind up to 38.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:06:35.685Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:21:35.685Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Basseterre
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/St_Kitts local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:45
- Sunset
- 18:49
- Solar noon
- 12:17
- Civil twilight
- 05:22–19:12
Moon
- Moonrise
- 07:57
- Moonset
- 20:55
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- 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.
Country context
St. Kitts & Nevis at a glance
Country information for St. Kitts & Nevis. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Basseterre is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- KN · KNA · 659
- Population
- 52,441
- Currency
- East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- Calling code
- ++1-869
- Languages
- English (St. Kitts & Nevis)
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/St_Kitts.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/St_Kitts 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 3575551 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:06:35.662Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:06:35.685Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T10:40:15.142Z
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.