Current time in Bermuda, Bermuda
The current local time in Bermuda is shown below. Bermuda observes AST in winter and ADT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Bermuda?
Bermuda observes Atlantic Standard Time at UTC-4 in winter and Atlantic Daylight Time at UTC-3 in summer, switching on the US DST schedule (second Sunday of March to first Sunday of November). This places Bermuda an hour ahead of New York year-round, despite the territory's geographic position being roughly the same longitude as Halifax in Nova Scotia. The closer scheduling alignment to North American business produces consistent time relationships with the US East Coast for the substantial reinsurance industry.
What are the working hours in Bermuda?
Bermuda's working economy is dominated by international reinsurance and financial services, with the territory hosting one of the world's largest concentrations of reinsurance capacity along with substantial offshore banking and trust services. Office hours run 09:00 to 17:00 in Hamilton's financial district, with significant communication overlap with both London and the US East Coast across the working day. Public holidays include the unique Bermuda Day on 24 May, with the surrounding period of the Heritage Month producing the year's largest cultural calendar.
Where is Bermuda?
Bermuda is a chain of small islands in the North Atlantic, around 1,030 kilometres east of Cape Hatteras on the US coast and far from any other major landmass. The eight largest islands form a fish-hook shape around the central Great Sound, with a total land area of around 54 square kilometres and a resident population of around 64,000. Hamilton is the capital and the only city, on the central Main Island. The pink-sand beaches result from microscopic red foraminifera mixing with the white coral sand.