Indexed entity
Castries is the castries-LC record in St. Lucia: country slug saint-lucia, city slug castries, ISO LC, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/St_Lucia.
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Live local time
Castries, St. Lucia
06:44:50 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · America/St_Lucia
Quick answer
It is currently 06:44:50 AM (AST, UTC-04:00) in Castries, St. Lucia — Early morning.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
23°C
Drizzle
3-day forecast
Tue
29°C
25°C
61% rain
Wed
29°C
25°C
74% rain
Thu
29°C
24°C
71% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
East Caribbean Dollar
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:34 AM
Sunset
06:29 PM
Day length
12h 54m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Castries, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:44 AM UTC.
Current local time
06:44:50 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
AST
America/St_Lucia · UTC-04:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Castries right now
Nearest airport
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Castries
Indexed airports
0
Curated airport references available for St. Lucia
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Castries, St. Lucia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 06:44 AST
No reference-city overlap right now
Castries is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC-04:00
Zone label
AST
London
11:44 AM / +5h
New York
06:44 AM / +0h
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -3h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
Gros Islet, 10 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:34 AM to 06:29 PM, with solar noon around 12:02 PM and total daylight of 12h 55m.
Mapped location
14.00°N, 61.01°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:44 AM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:44 AM / +0h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -3h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:44 PM / +8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:44 PM / +12h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Castries.
No curated airport is currently mapped close enough to show as a planning cue.
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use America/St_Lucia for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC-04:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC-04:00.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Castries right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest mapped context: Gros Islet, 10 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for America/St_Lucia. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Castries has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Castries.
Canonical route
/time/saint-lucia/castries/
Catalog identity
castries-LC · LC · America
Coordinate cell
14.00°N, 61.01°W · lat 13.996 · lon -61.006 · cell 1400:-6101
Population record
20,000 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
America/St_Lucia · AST · UTC-04:00
January / July offsets
UTC-04:00 / UTC-04:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia · 10 km
Nearest world hub
New York · 3,228 km
Closest airport references
No curated airport link is mapped directly to Castries
Zone peer roster
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Castries: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Castries is the castries-LC record in St. Lucia: country slug saint-lucia, city slug castries, ISO LC, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/St_Lucia.
14.00°N, 61.01°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 13 and longitude band -62; exact decimal pair 13.99570, -61.00614.
St. Lucia: official name Saint Lucia; capital Castries; region Americas; subregion Caribbean; country population 184,100; area 616 km²; languages English; currencies XCD Eastern Caribbean dollar. This is the country layer behind the Castries clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 (238 sq mi) with an officially estimated population of over 184,100 people as of mid 2023. The nation's capital and largest city is Castries. Source: Wikipedia.
Gros Islet [gros-islet-LC, LC, America/St_Lucia, 10 km]; Fort-de-France [fort-de-france-MQ, MQ, America/Martinique, 68 km]; Le Lamentin [le-lamentin-MQ, MQ, America/Martinique, 69 km]; Le Robert [le-robert-MQ, MQ, America/Martinique, 76 km]; Sainte-Marie [sainte-marie-MQ, MQ, America/Martinique, 88 km]; Kingstown [kingstown-VC, VC, America/St_Vincent, 96 km]; Calliaqua [calliaqua-VC, VC, America/St_Vincent, 98 km]; Roseau [roseau-DM, DM, America/Dominica, 151 km]
Castries is part of this indexed country cluster: Gros Islet [gros-islet-LC, America/St_Lucia, pop 25,210]; Castries [castries-LC, America/St_Lucia, pop 20,000].
New York 3,228 km; São Paulo 4,458 km; Los Angeles 6,140 km; London 6,795 km; Dubai 11,853 km; Tokyo 14,079 km; Sydney 16,093 km; Singapore 17,626 km
Castries has no nearby curated airport reference in the indexed airport snapshot for St. Lucia.
Castries renders Jun 2, 2026 · 06:44 AST; AST at UTC-04:00; January UTC-04:00; July UTC-04:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Castries.
Castries is a context-and-reference city; rank #2 of 2 retained St. Lucia city pages. The route is /time/saint-lucia/castries/ and the city id is castries-LC.
Castries has 12 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Castries is pinned at 14.00°N, 61.01°W; Gros Islet (10 km); New York (3,228 km).
America/St_Lucia resolves to stable UTC-04:00 offset across January and July. 1 retained city page share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside St. Lucia.
Castries has no direct nearby-airport handoff · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 0 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Castries uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Castries: Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of just under 70,000, as of May 2013. The city covers 80 km2 (31 sq mi).
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (-04:00) is constant year-round.
Castries is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4 hours behind UTC (offset -04:00). 5 hours behind London, 13 hours behind Tokyo.
Castries sits at 14.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Castries sits at 14.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Related clock anchors: Gros Islet (same time), Sydney (+14h), Tokyo (+13h), Mumbai (+9.5h), São Paulo (+1h)
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 12 (12h 57m)
Shortest day
Dec 14 (11h 18m)
Year-round average
12h 8m
Annual swing
1h 39m
See the full daylight curve for Castries at /sun/castries/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Castries local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Castries |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 01:00 - 09:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 23:30 - 07:30 (next day) |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 20:00 - 04:00 (next day) |
Capital status
National capital of St. Lucia
Reference fields include Castries's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 06:44:50 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Castries (UTC-04:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:34 AM to 06:29 PM
Day length 12h 55m · Solar noon 12:02 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Castries local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Population
20K
Coordinates
14.00, -61.01
Timezone
America/St_Lucia
Indexed airports
0
Capital
Castries
Languages
English
Currency
XCD ($)
Country area
616 km²
Castries, St. Lucia (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: America/St_Lucia (AST, UTC-04:00); population ~20K.
Coordinates: 14.00°N, 61.01°W. Northern Hemisphere tropics, ~1554 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:34 AM and sets around 06:29 PM in Castries — about 12h 55m of daylight. St. Lucia stays on standard time here, so UTC-04:00 is stable through the year.
Gros Islet (10 km from Castries) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with no airport pages currently indexed for St. Lucia.
Castries is indexed as a America city in the LC country record, using America/St_Lucia as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/saint-lucia/castries/.
Location context: 14.00°N, 61.01°W; population 20,000; nearest indexed city Gros Islet is about 10 km away; closest reference hub is New York, about 3,228 km away.
Country planning context: capital Castries; subregion Caribbean; languages English; currency XCD ($); area 616 km²; 0 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (-04:00) is constant year-round.
Castries is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4 hours behind UTC (offset -04:00). 5 hours behind London, 13 hours behind Tokyo.
Castries sits at 14.00°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Related clock anchors for Castries: Gros Islet (same time), Sydney (+14h), Tokyo (+13h), Mumbai (+9.5h), São Paulo (+1h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
saint-lucia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
America/St Lucia
UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC-04:00
Brazil, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada, Montserrat, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Saint Lucia
Other cities in this timezone
London
+5h
New York
+0h
Los Angeles
-3h
Dubai
+8h
Singapore
+12h
Tokyo
+13h
Sydney
+14h
São Paulo
+1h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Castries.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Castries: closest hubs New York (~3,228 km), São Paulo (~4,458 km), Los Angeles (~6,140 km); farthest indexed hub Singapore (~17,626 km).
Castries sits inside St. Lucia — the Caribbean subregion, capital Castries, languages English, currency XCD ($).
Closest indexed cities to Castries: Gros Islet (10 km), Fort-de-France (68 km), Le Lamentin (69 km), Le Robert (76 km).
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Castries, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:44 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:44 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:44 AM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:44 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:44 PM | +12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:44 PM | +13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:44 PM | +14h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:44 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
Gros Islet
St. Lucia
Approx. 10 km away
Fort-de-France
Martinique
Approx. 68 km away
Le Lamentin
Martinique
Approx. 69 km away
Le Robert
Martinique
Approx. 76 km away
Sainte-Marie
Martinique
Approx. 88 km away
Kingstown
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Approx. 96 km away
Calliaqua
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Approx. 98 km away
Roseau
Dominica
Approx. 151 km away
Castries is in the America/St_Lucia timezone (AST), with a UTC offset of -04:00.
Castries does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC-04:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Castries is UTC-04:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Castries, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 06:44 AST. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Castries sits at 14.00°N, 61.01°W in St. Lucia, with about 20K residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Castries is New York, about 3,228 km away as the crow flies.
Gros Islet is the closest indexed city, roughly 10 km from Castries.
Castries uses Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD, symbol $) as the local currency of St. Lucia.
The longest day of 2026 in Castries falls on Jun 12 with about 12h 57m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 14 with 11h 18m; the year-round average is 12h 8m.
In Castries local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 09:00-17:00; London 04:00-12:00; Frankfurt 03:00-11:00; Dubai 01:00-09:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.