time zone for dominican republic
It is the current local time right now in Santiago de los Caballeros, San Pedro de MacorÃ­s, Puerto Plata, San Francisco de MacorÃ­s, SalvaleÃ³n de HigÃ¼ey and in all Dominican Republic's cities. Dominican Republic's time zone: UTC-04:00 or AST. All Dominican Republic's territory belongs to the same time zone.
The Dominican Republic, along with a large portion of the Caribbean is on Atlantic Standard Time. During daylight savings time, Atlantic Standard Time matches that of Eastern Standard Time. For the rest of the year, the Dominican Republic is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. The time stays four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time in London and five to six hours behind the time in most of Europe.