Current time in Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/Grand_Turk
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Turks and Caicos Islands (capital) · 21.46° N, 71.14° W
- Population
- 3,720
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Cockburn Town at about 11:45 standard time: the clock runs about 15 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:28 and 12:55 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:48 | 18:55 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:03 | 19:29 | 13h 27m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:33 | 18:40 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:17 | 17:07 | 10h 50m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:35–18:34 (11 h 59 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Providenciales · 120 km
- Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic · 230 km
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti · 350 km
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · 360 km
- San Juan, Puerto Rico · 620 km
- Kingston, Jamaica · 710 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti · 350 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 750 km
- Jacksonville, United States · 1,440 km
- Washington, United States · 2,020 km
- Philadelphia, United States · 2,090 km
- New York City, United States · 2,160 km