Time zone in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is on Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5) in winter and switches to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) in summer. Its identifier in the international time zone database is America/Port-au-Prince: it is what your phone and computer use to show the right time there.
Clock changes in Port-au-Prince:
- 2026: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
- 2027: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 14, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 7, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
Port-au-Prince follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 AM local time.
By the sun, noon in Port-au-Prince falls at about 11:49 AM in winter and 12:49 PM in summer (on average over the year). The city lies at 72.31° west, and every degree of longitude shifts the sun by 4 minutes. Clock time is close to sun time here. See the sunrise and sunset times in Port-au-Prince.
Time difference with major cities
When it is 12:00 PM (noon) in Port-au-Prince, it is:
| City | January | July |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 12:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| Los Angeles | 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| London | 5:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| Paris | 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| Tokyo | 2:00 AM, next day | 1:00 AM, next day |
| Sydney | 4:00 AM, next day | 2:00 AM, next day |
The gap with Tokyo changes by one hour during the year, because Port-au-Prince changes its clocks and this city does not. With Sydney, the gap is not the same in January and July: the clocks change at other times of the year there. With London and Paris, the gap is the same in January and July but one hour different for 21 days a year, because the clocks do not change on the same dates.
Best time to call Port-au-Prince from New York
To reach someone at work in Port-au-Prince from New York, the best window is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in New York, which is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Port-au-Prince.
For any other city, use the time zone converter or add it to the world clock.