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Guantánamo Province, Cuba

Guantánamo Province observes Cuba’s national civil time. Guantánamo and Baracoa therefore share the official hour, although their different positions and landscapes mean sunrise should be checked for the exact locality and date.

Guantanamo, Cuba

02:38:30

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC−4 · America/Havana

Time and sun data for Guantanamo — the largest city of Guantánamo Province

The sun in Guantanamo

Sunrise 06:47 Solar noon 13:01 Sunset 19:15 Daylight 12 h 28 min Night 11 h 32 min Civil twilight 06:25 – 19:38

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Current time in Guantánamo Province, Cuba

The province follows the time rules used across Cuba, generally encoded as America/Havana in time-zone databases. Cuba may shift its civil clocks seasonally. For that reason, the live clock is preferable to a permanently stated offset from UTC.

Domestic calls and appointments do not require conversion between Guantánamo Province and Havana or another Cuban region. International arrangements are different: the time gap can depend on the date because the other country may change clocks on another schedule or not change them at all.

The eastern end of Cuba sees morning on its own horizon, even though Havana signs the clock’s paperwork.

Main cities and municipalities

Guantánamo city is the provincial capital and its largest urban reference point. Baracoa, on the northern coast, is another prominent city with a distinct geographic setting. The province also contains communities spread across valleys, coastlines, and upland areas.

Useful places for local time and daylight searches include: Guantánamo, the provincial capital Baracoa, an important city on the northern coast Maisí near Cuba’s eastern end Imías and San Antonio del Sur along the southern side

El Salvador, Manuel Tames, Yateras, and Niceto Pérez in the interior These locations do not have separate legal time zones. Their geographic spread matters primarily when calculating sunrise and sunset or when estimating travel conditions around first and last light.

Eastern Cuba and the timing of sunrise

Guantánamo lies in eastern Cuba, but a single province-wide sunrise would still be an approximation. Baracoa, Maisí, and Guantánamo city occupy different coordinates. The selected date changes the result as well, so both fields should be verified.

Mountains and an uneven horizon can affect when direct sunlight becomes visible. Published sunrise normally describes an astronomical calculation, not the moment sunshine reaches every valley, street, or beach. Weather can obscure the event without altering its calculated time.

If an activity depends on usable light, allow a margin beyond the listed instant and consider the surroundings. For ordinary clock-based arrangements, simply use the current provincial time shown here and confirm any seasonal designation attached to it.

Questions and answers

Is Guantánamo Province ahead of Havana?: No in legal time. Both use the same Cuban civil clock, even though solar dawn occurs at location-specific moments.
Does Baracoa use another time zone?: No. Baracoa follows the same national time as Guantánamo city.
Why can visible sunrise differ from the listed time?: Mountains, buildings, vegetation, and clouds can obstruct the Sun at the local horizon.