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Time in Matanzas, Cuba now

12:06:47PM

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Matanzas switches to daylight saving time at 12:00AM on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:45AM ↓ 06:31PM (11h 46m) - More info - Make Matanzas time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Matanzas

UTC -5

Cuba Standard Time (CST)
now same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Matanzas is normally the same as the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Matanzas can for a short while be one hour ahead of or one hour behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Matanzas is America/Havana.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Cuba Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 01:00AM to 12:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Cuba Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Matanzas

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Matanzas

Sunrise: 06:45AM
Sunset: 06:31PM
Day length: 11h 46m
Solar noon: 12:38PM
The current local time in Matanzas is 38 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Matanzas on the map

Location: Cuba
Latitude: 23.04. Longitude: -81.58
Population: 147,000

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