Santiago de los Caballeros uses America/Santo_Domingo — UTC-04:00 (AST) in standard time. It is located in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Santiago de los Caballeros's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Santiago de los Caballeros uses UTC-04:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC-04:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Santiago de los Caballeros is America/Santo_Domingo. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata
Currency: Dominican Peso (DOP). Calling code: +1-809. Languages: Spanish.
Santiago de los Caballeros ("Saint James of the Knights"), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the capital of Santiago Province and the largest major metropolis in the Cibao region of the country.
Santiago is the largest Caribbean city that is not a capital city, and the largest non-coastal metropolis in the Caribbean islands. It is approximately 155 km (96 mi) northwest of the capital, Santo Domingo, with an average altitude of 178 m (584 ft). The city has a population of 771,748 inhabitants (2022).
Santiago's metropolitan area population composed of the municipalities of Santiago-Licey Al Medio-Baitoa-Tamboril-Puñal-Villa González is 1,261,852 as of 2022, making it the Dominican Republic's second-largest.
Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European settlement in the New World, the city is the "first Santiago of the Americas". Today it is one of the Dominican Republic's cultural, political, industrial and financial centers. Due to its location in the fertile Cibao Valley, it has a robust agricultural sector and is a leading exporter of rum, textiles, and cigars. Santiago...
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1,200,000 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Santiago Province, Dominican Republic.
America/Santo_Domingo · UTC-04:00 (AST).
No daylight saving time.
Dominican Peso (DOP) · +1-809.
Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Ponce
Cibao International Airport (STI) about 10.4 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 31.0°C and lows 21.4°C. Warmest month: September (average high 34.5°C); coolest month: February (average low 18.5°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Santiago de los Caballeros is considered the capital of the Cibao region, which produces 33% of the GDP, for a total of US$36,025 million in 2022, exceeding the total of El Salvador. Likewise, it had a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of US$978 million, equivalent to the 16th economy in receiving foreign investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, surpassing Ecuador. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Santiago Province · IANA zone: America/Santo_Domingo · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Santiago de los Caballeros and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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