Current time in Dominican Republic

Local time in Dominican Republic

The time in Dominican Republic is 4 hours behind UTC and the same as in Columbus. The timezone in Dominican Republic is Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Dominican Republic is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 2000.

Details for the time in Dominican Republic

Current time	6:04 p.m.
Time zone	Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
IANA time zone	America/Santo_Domingo
Your time difference	same time as Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC-4 4 hours behind UTC

Dominican Republic Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic uses Atlantic Standard Time AST. AST is UTC -0400. The Dominican Republic's latitude and longitude is 19° 00’ N and 70° 00’ W. Therefore the four hours offset between UTC and AST results in a relatively late sunrise in the Dominican Republic. Because of its low latitude the Dominican Republic has no use for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Dominican Republic

The current time in some important cities in Dominican Republic is shown below.

Time in Dominican Republic