Havana, Cuba
Current time in Cuba
Time zone: CDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/Havana
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/Havana |
Current Time in other Cities of Cuba
What time zone is Havana in?
Havana runs on CDT. That places it 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-04:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select America/Havana.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 01 November 2026: Havana switches to CST, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC-04:00 offset above holds.
How far ahead or behind is Havana?
Read this as: relative to each city below, Havana is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | same time as Havana |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Havana is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Havana is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Havana is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Havana is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Havana is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Havana is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Havana is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Havana is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Havana is 1 hour behind |
Best time to call Havana
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Havana local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| New York | 09:00–17:00 in Havana | 8 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Havana | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Havana | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Havana | 3 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Havana's time zone
No difference at all from Havana: the cities below share the America/Havana zone.
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