Time in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
The current local time in Dominican Republic is anchored on Santo Domingo (America/Santo_Domingo, UTC -04:00 · AST).
Santo Domingo local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 AST
Dominican Republic at a glance
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- ISO codes
- DO · DOM
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +1
- Currency
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Dominican Republic
All of Dominican Republic keeps the same clock, UTC -04:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Santo_Domingo · Santo Domingo | UTC -04:00 | — | None |
Santo Domingo vs. major cities
How far Santo Domingo is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Santo Domingo, 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 Santo Domingo | 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 Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo
Since 1970, Santo Domingo has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 5 of 57 years. Since 2001 it has stayed on UTC -04:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Santo Domingo stays on UTC -04:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (4 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:30 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1974–1999 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2000 | UTC -05:00, DST UTC -04:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in December, back on the last Sunday in October |
| 2001–2026 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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