Current time in Havana
Havana, Cuba, keeps Cuba Standard Time: UTC-05:00 in winter and UTC-04:00 in summer.
Current time in Havana
10:22:14
America/Havana · UTC-05:00
Time zone in Havana
Sunrise and sunset in Havana
Sun and clock in Havana
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Havana comes at 12:29, because the city lies about 7° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Havana
The latest sunrise of the year, 07:39 on March 14, is the first morning after the clocks go forward — later than any midwinter sunrise.
Ahmedabad (23.0°N) and Kolkata (22.6°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Havana, so their days stay within 2 minutes of Havana’s all year; the clock in Ahmedabad is 9 h 30 min or 10 h 30 min ahead of Havana, depending on the date, and in Kolkata 9 h 30 min or 10 h 30 min ahead of Havana, depending on the date.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:43 | 17:45 | 11 h 2 m |
| December 15 | 07:03 | 17:46 | 10 h 43 m |
| January 15 | 07:13 | 18:05 | 10 h 52 m |
| February 15 | 07:02 | 18:25 | 11 h 23 m |
| March 15 | 07:38 | 19:38 | 12 h 0 m |
| April 15 | 07:09 | 19:50 | 12 h 41 m |
| May 15 | 06:48 | 20:03 | 13 h 15 m |
| June 15 | 06:44 | 20:16 | 13 h 33 m |
| July 15 | 06:53 | 20:18 | 13 h 25 m |
| August 15 | 07:06 | 20:02 | 12 h 56 m |
| September 15 | 07:16 | 19:34 | 12 h 18 m |
| October 15 | 07:26 | 19:04 | 11 h 38 m |
When the clocks change in Havana
Havana follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, at 02:00 local time in each zone.
These dates have applied since 2013. In 2012 the clocks went forward on April 1 and back on November 4. The first time the record has Havana’s clocks put forward and later back again is 1928. The record opens with Havana’s own local mean time, UTC-05:29:28, kept until 1890.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2027 | Forward one hour: 00:00 becomes 01:00 | UTC-04:00 |
| November 7, 2027 | Back one hour: 01:00 becomes 00:00 | UTC-05:00 |
Calling Havana from another time zone
| Place | Havana’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 14:00–22:00 | — | — |
| New York | 09:00–17:00 | 8 h, 09:00–17:00 Havana time | always 8 h |
| London | 14:00–22:00 | 3 h, 09:00–12:00 Havana time | 3 h to 4 h |
| Tokyo | 23:00–07:00 | none | none all year |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Havana, every other city in this directory has already reached Monday. By 17:00 on Friday, 59 listed cities, including New Delhi and Shanghai, have already reached Saturday.
Havana compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Havana | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | the same time | all year |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 5 h ahead | 4 h ahead / 5 h ahead |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 9 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 10 h 30 min ahead | 9 h 30 min ahead / 10 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 13 h ahead | 12 h ahead / 13 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 14 h ahead | 13 h ahead / 14 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 16 h ahead | 14 h ahead / 15 h ahead / 16 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 370 km north-east | the same | 9 minutes earlier |
| Atlanta | 1,200 km north | the same | 8 minutes later |
| Houston | 1,490 km north-west | 1 h behind | 52 minutes later |
| Panama City | 1,600 km south | 1 h behind / the same | 11 minutes earlier |
| Dallas | 1,780 km north-west | 1 h behind | 58 minutes later |
| Mexico City | 1,780 km west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 7 min later |
| Washington, D.C. | 1,830 km north | the same | 21 minutes earlier |
| New York | 2,110 km north | the same | 33 minutes earlier |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Havana’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Havana in?
Havana keeps America/Havana, Cuba Standard Time, at UTC-05:00, moving to Cuba Daylight Time (UTC-04:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Havana itself.
Is all of Cuba on the same time as Havana?
Yes. America/Havana is the tz database’s only entry for Cuba, and Havana keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Havana?
None: no entry in the tz database outside Havana’s own country shows its time on every date of the next twelve months.
What is the time difference between Havana and Miami?
The clock in Miami, the United States, about 370 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is the same as Havana’s.