Ponce uses America/Puerto_Rico — UTC-04:00 (AST) in standard time. It is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Ponce's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Ponce uses UTC-04:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC-04:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Ponce is America/Puerto_Rico. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
San Juan, Bayamón
Currency: US Dollar (USD). Calling code: +1-787. Languages: Spanish, English.
Ponce (US: PAWN-say, POHN-, UK: PON-, Spanish: [ˈponse] ) is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.
Ponce is often referred to as La Perla del Sur (The Pearl of the South), La Ciudad Señorial (The Manorial City), and La Ciudad de las Quenepas (Genip City).
The city serves as the governmental seat of the autonomous municipality as well as the regional hub for various government of Puerto Rico entities, such as the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. It is also the regional center for various U.S. federal government agencies.
Ponce is a principal city of both the Ponce Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area with, as of the 2020 US Census, a population of 278,477 and 333,426 respectively.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Ponce, Puerto Rico. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
137,491 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
America/Puerto_Rico · UTC-04:00 (AST).
No daylight saving time.
US Dollar (USD) · +1-787.
Bayamón, San Juan, Santo Domingo
Mercedita International Airport (PSE) about 6.5 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 30.3°C and lows 23.8°C. Warmest month: July (average high 32.2°C); coolest month: February (average low 21.1°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Traditionally the city's economy had depended almost entirely on the sugarcane industry. Since around the 1950s, however, the town's economy has diversified and today its economy revolves around a mixed-industry manufacturing sector, retail, and tourism. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Ponce · IANA zone: America/Puerto_Rico · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Ponce and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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