Current time in Havana, Cuba
The current local time in Havana is shown below. Havana observes CST in winter and CDT 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 Havana?
Cuba keeps Eastern Standard Time at UTC-5 in winter and shifts to daylight saving in summer, one of the few Caribbean nations that still changes its clocks, most of its neighbours having abandoned the practice. The seasonal change keeps Havana on the same clock as the eastern United States year-round, a constant relationship despite the political distance across the narrow strait. The island holds a single offset along its length, and the schedule has at times been adjusted for energy reasons.
What are the working hours in Havana?
The state remains the dominant employer, and the working day in offices and ministries runs broadly 08:00 to 17:00, though the large tourism sector and a growing class of small private businesses keep their own longer hours. Shortages and an improvised economy shape much of daily working life. The calendar carries both the secular holidays of the revolution, including the days around the first of January and the first of May, and a revived observance of Christmas, restored as a public holiday in the late 1990s.
Where is Havana?
Havana sprawls along the northern coast of Cuba, facing the Florida Straits less than 150 kilometres from the United States, the capital and largest city of the Caribbean's biggest island. The metropolitan area holds around 2.1 million people. Its old town, a dense quarter of Spanish colonial squares and crumbling grandeur, sits behind the long sea wall of the Malecón, while the harbour that once made the city a hub of Spain's New World empire still defines its layout.