Cat Island, Bahamas
Cat Island observes Eastern Time with the rest of The Bahamas. Its live clock gives the current local hour, and its sunrise reading provides a dated guide for morning light.
Arthur's Town, Bahamas
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/Nassau
Time and sun data for Arthur's Town — the largest city of Cat Island
The sun in Arthur's Town
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 7:20 PM Daylight 12 h 34 min Night 11 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 7:43 PM
Bahamas · 34 cities
Largest cities
- Arthur's Town 1 175
All cities
- Arthur's Town
- Bailey Town
- Bain Town
- Bain Town
- Bennetts Harbor
- Bluff Settlement
- Cairey's
- Cat Island
- Cove
- Devil’s Point
- Douds
- Dumfries
- Freetown
- Gaitor's
- Harts Bay Hill
- Hawks Nest
- Industrious Hill
- Knowles Village
- Mcqueens
- Moss Town
- New Bight
- Old Bight
- Orange Creek
- Port Howe
- Roakers
- Smith Bay
- Stephenson
- Tea Bay
- The Bight
- The Lot
- The Village
- Thurston Hill
- Zion Hill
- Zonicles
Current time in Cat Island, Bahamas
Cat Island switches seasonally between Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Daylight Time under Bahamian clock rules. The active abbreviation beside a live clock tells you which offset is currently being applied.
Use local time when confirming lodging, ground transport, church services, flights, or meetings. If another participant is abroad, let calendar software convert the named zone. A fixed hour difference can become wrong when the two locations change clocks on different dates or only one changes.
Record “Cat Island, Bahamas” to avoid confusion with similarly named places. Specify morning or afternoon when using a twelve-hour clock. Check the day as well as the hour for late calls. Verify future arrangements after a daylight-saving transition. Island time is a pleasant attitude, but it is not an alternative time zone.
Settlements along Cat Island
Cat Island is long and narrow, with communities distributed along its roads and coastline. New Bight and Arthur’s Town are major reference settlements. Orange Creek, The Bight, Port Howe, and Old Bight are other names a visitor may encounter.
Different directories may disagree about which settlement is “largest” because they can use different boundaries or group nearby populated places differently. It is clearer to treat the list as a guide to important communities rather than a rigid urban league table.
Every settlement on Cat Island uses the same civil clock. Distances still matter: a time agreed for one community does not account for the journey from another part of the island.
Sunrise along a long island
A single Cat Island sunrise value is a useful overview, not an exact reading for every beach and settlement. Latitude and longitude vary from the northern end to the southern end, producing small differences in the calculated event.
The visible sunrise also depends on the local horizon. Hills, vegetation, buildings, and clouds can delay the moment when direct sunlight reaches an observer. An astronomical calculator normally assumes an idealized horizon and standard atmospheric conditions.
Choose a location near the planned starting point. Enter the correct date. Check whether the displayed clock uses EST or EDT. Add preparation time before photography, hiking, or travel. Dawn is a period rather than a single instant. If the purpose requires a particular level of light, consult information designed for that activity instead of treating sunrise alone as a guarantee.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies on Cat Island?
- Cat Island uses Eastern Time and follows The Bahamas’ seasonal clock change.
- Which settlements are useful reference points?
- New Bight and Arthur’s Town are prominent references, with several smaller communities extending along the island.
- Will sunrise be identical at both ends of Cat Island?
- Not exactly. The shared clock is the same, but the astronomical calculation changes slightly with location.