Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago
Current time in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPort of Spain time at a glance
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Location
- Capital city of Trinidad and Tobago
- Time zone
America/Port_of_Spain- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Port of Spain time guide
Does Port of Spain change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Year-round offset
- Atlantic Standard Time (AST), UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Port_of_Spain
- Port of Spain and London
- 4 hours behind during GMT; 5 hours behind during BST
- Port of Spain and New York
- 1 hour ahead during EST; same clock time during EDT
City corporation and urban corridor
The capital corporation is a narrow boundary
Trinidad and Tobago's 2011 census counted 37,074 residents in the Port of Spain city corporation. The continuous urban corridor extends into neighboring corporations, making metro-style totals much larger than the city count.
Time-zone identity for Port of Spain
- IANA zone
America/Port_of_Spain- 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.
Port of Spain is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Port of Spain
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 Port of Spain
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Port_of_Spain, 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 Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Trinidad and Tobago
- Administrative area
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Population
- 49,031
- Coordinates
- 10.6667° N, 61.5189° W. The elevation is 21 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Port of Spain
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Port of Spain. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- LaventilleSan Juan/Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago2.9 km southeast
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time - Diego MartinDiego Martin Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago7.9 km northwest
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time - TunapunaTunapuna/Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago14 km east
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time - ParadiseTunapuna/Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago17 km east
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time - ChaguanasTrinidad and Tobago20 km southeast
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time - ArimaBorough of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago26 km east
America/Port_of_SpainSame local time
Sources for Port of Spain 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.
- 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic ReportCentral Statistical Office Trinidad and Tobago · 2011 census · AccessedOfficial city-corporation census population and demographic tables.