Time in Cuba now

8:04AMCDT

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

CDTUTC−4+1 h vs New York (you)America/Havana

Next clock change: Sunday, November 7, 2027: at 1:00 AM clocks go back 1 hour to 12:00 AM (CST, UTC−5)
Next clock change: Sunday, March 12, 2028: at 12:00 AM clocks go forward 1 hour to 1:00 AM (CDT, UTC−4)

Time zone in Cuba

Cuba uses a single time zone: Cuba Standard Time (CST, UTC−5) in winter and Cuba Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−4) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Havana lies at 82.4° west, where mean solar time is UTC−5:30 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 30 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:30 PM in winter and an hour later in summer.

Daylight saving time in Cuba

Yes. Cuba moves its clocks forward one hour on the second Sunday of March at 12:00 AM and back on the first Sunday of November at 1:00 AM (local time).

2026 is an exception. Cuba did not fall back on November 1, 2026: under tzdata 2026f it keeps Cuba Daylight Time (UTC−4) through the winter of 2026–27, until November 7, 2027, so for that winter Havana is an hour ahead of New York instead of on the same time.

All coming change dates are on the America/Havana page.

Clock history of Cuba

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−5:29 in Havana), which ended on January 1, 1890, when HMT (UTC−5:30) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 53 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1928. The table summarises the clocks of Cuba year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Havana.

Years	Clocks	Abbreviations
1970–2003	UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer	CST, CDT
2004	UTC−5 until March 28, then UTC−4	CST, CDT
2005	UTC−4 all year	CDT
2006	UTC−4 until October 29, then UTC−5	CDT, CST
2007–2025	UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer	CST, CDT
2026	UTC−5 until March 8, then UTC−4	CST, CDT
2027	UTC−4 until November 7, then UTC−5	CDT, CST
2028 onward	UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer	CST, CDT

Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, March 28, 2004, from UTC−5 to UTC−4; Sunday, October 29, 2006, from UTC−4 to UTC−5.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Cuba time

Time difference between Cuba and major cities

City	Local time now	Cuba vs city now	January	July	Office overlap Jan / Jul
New York	7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3	+1 h	+1 h	0 h	7 h / 8 h
Los Angeles	4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3	+4 h	+4 h	+3 h	4 h / 5 h
London	12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−4 h	−4 h	−5 h	4 h / 3 h
Berlin	1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−5 h	−5 h	−6 h	3 h / 2 h
Dubai	4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−8 h	−8 h	−8 h	none / none
New Delhi	5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3	−9 h 30 min	−9 h 30 min	−9 h 30 min	none / none
Singapore	8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−12 h	−12 h	−12 h	none / none
Beijing	8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−12 h	−12 h	−12 h	none / none
Tokyo	9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3	−13 h	−13 h	−13 h	none / none

In 2027, Cuba is 4 h behind London from October 31 to November 6: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
In 2027, Cuba is 5 h behind Berlin from October 31 to November 6: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Cuba’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Cuba overlaps New York’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Cuba time), 8 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Cuba it is 8:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Cuba overlaps London’s for 4 h in January (9:00 AM–1:00 PM Cuba time), 3 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Cuba it is 1:00 PM in London.

Cuba and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Cuba, it is 6:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 10:30 PM the day before in Cuba is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Havana and the difference now.

City	Distance	Time now	Their clock vs here
George Town Cayman Islands	440 km	7:04 AM EST	−1 h
Nassau Bahamas	550 km	7:04 AM EST	−1 h
Mérida Mexico	780 km	6:04 AM CST	−2 h
Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic	1,280 km	8:04 AM AST	+0 h
Houston United States	1,490 km	6:04 AM CST	−2 h
Hamilton Bermuda	2,010 km	8:04 AM AST	+0 h

Same clock as Cuba

These places keep exactly the same time as Cuba all year under the current rules.

Cities in Cuba

Cuba at a glance

CapitalHavana
Population10,937,203
Time zone IDAmerica/Havana
Standard timeCST (UTC−5)
Daylight saving timeCDT (UTC−4)
Calling code+53

Questions

What time zone is Cuba in?

Cuba uses Cuba Standard Time (CST, UTC−5) in winter and Cuba Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−4) in summer. Its IANA time zone ID is America/Havana.

What time is it in Cuba now?

The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Cuba is on UTC−5 in winter and UTC−4 in summer, 1 hour ahead of New York in January and the same time as New York in July.