Current time in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The current local time in San Juan is shown below. San Juan observes AST.
What's the daylight saving status?
San Juan does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Puerto_Rico
- Standard abbreviation
- AST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of San Juan?
Puerto Rico uses Atlantic Standard Time at UTC-4 year-round with no daylight saving, the same offset as eastern Canada's Atlantic provinces during winter. The territory's exclusion from the federal DST schedule means it sits one hour ahead of New York in winter and the same as New York during US daylight saving. The arrangement reflects the island's tropical position at around 18 degrees north, where seasonal day-length variation is minimal and DST would provide little practical benefit.
What are the working hours in San Juan?
San Juan's working economy combines a substantial pharmaceutical manufacturing sector (the island has historically housed major US pharmaceutical production), tourism (around 4 million annual cruise and stayover visitors), financial services centred in the Hato Rey financial district, and a growing technology and creative sector. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00 with a one-hour lunch typically taken between 12:00 and 13:00. Public holidays follow the US federal calendar plus Puerto Rican observances including the Three Kings Day on 6 January.
Where is San Juan?
San Juan sits on the northern coast of Puerto Rico facing the Atlantic, the capital of the unincorporated US territory and the metropolitan centre for around two-thirds of the population. The metropolitan area holds around 2.3 million residents, with the city proper at about 320,000. The historic Old San Juan, a UNESCO World Heritage site, occupies a small islet on the western edge of the natural harbour, with the modern districts of Santurce, Hato Rey, and Condado extending east across the wider San Juan Bay region.