Santo Domingo uses America/Santo_Domingo — UTC-04:00 (AST) in standard time. It is located in Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Santo Domingo's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo is America/Santo_Domingo. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Santiago de los Caballeros, Puerto Plata
Currency: Dominican Peso (DOP). Calling code: +1-809. Languages: Spanish.
Santo Domingo, officially known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city center had a population of 1,029,110 while its metropolitan area, Greater Santo Domingo, had a population of 4,274,651.
The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.
Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 by the Spanish Empire and is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas. It was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World.
The city's Colonial Zone was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Santo Domingo was called Ciudad Trujillo (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað tɾuˈxiʝo]), from 1936 to 1961, after the Dominican Republic's dictator, Rafael Trujillo, named the capital after himself. Following his assassination, the city resumed its original designation.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Santo Domingo. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
2,201,941 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.
America/Santo_Domingo · UTC-04:00 (AST).
No daylight saving time.
Dominican Peso (DOP) · +1-809.
Santiago de los Caballeros, Puerto Plata, Ponce
Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) about 24 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 30.3°C and lows 22.8°C. Warmest month: August (average high 31.6°C); coolest month: February (average low 20.8°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
The city is the center of economic activity in the Dominican Republic. It is where most of the country's wealth is concentrated and the seat of the national legislature, judicial, and executive government. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Distrito Nacional · IANA zone: America/Santo_Domingo · 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 Santo Domingo 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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