Time in Cuba 🇨🇺
The current local time in Cuba is anchored on Havana (America/Havana, UTC -04:00 · GMT-4).
Havana local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-4
Cuba at a glance
- Capital
- Havana
- ISO codes
- CU · CUB
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +53
- Currency
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Cuba
All of Cuba keeps the same clock: UTC -05:00 in standard time and UTC -04:00 during daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Havana · Havana | UTC -05:00 | UTC -04:00 | Forward 8 March · Back 1 November |
Havana vs. major cities
How far Havana is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Havana, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Havana | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Paris · France | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +9:30 h | 18:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Havana time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Havana
Since 1970, Havana has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 54 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2007, is UTC -05:00 with UTC -04:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, a rule in place since 2013.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 00:00 → 01:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 1 November 2026 | Back 1 hour | 01:00 → 00:00 | UTC -05:00 |
| Sunday, 14 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 00:00 → 01:00 | UTC -04:00 |
| Sunday, 7 November 2027 | Back 1 hour | 01:00 → 00:00 | UTC -05:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (4 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–2003 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in April, back on the last Sunday in October (since 2000) |
| 2004–2005 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2006 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2007–2026 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the second Sunday in March, back on the first Sunday in November (since 2013) |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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