Saint Georges, Montserrat
Saint Georges uses Atlantic Standard Time, four hours behind UTC throughout the year. The region does not observe daylight saving time, so its clock remains stable while sunrise and sunset shift gradually with the seasons.
Judy Piece, Montserrat
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/Montserrat
Time and sun data for Judy Piece — the largest city of Saint Georges
The sun in Judy Piece
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 12 h 24 min Night 11 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:43 PM
Montserrat · 19 cities
Largest cities
- Judy Piece 166
All cities
- Beech Hill
- Bethel (Destroyed)
- Bramble (Destroyed)
- Dick Hill
- Dyer’s
- Farm
- Gun Hill
- Harris
- Hodge’s Hill
- Judy Piece
- Lee’s
- Long Ground Village (Destroyed)
- Mango Hill
- Molyneux
- Parish Of Saint Georges
- Streatham
- Trant's
- Tuitt's
- Windy Hill
Current time in Saint Georges, Montserrat
The current local time in Saint Georges follows the same clock as the rest of Montserrat. Its fixed UTC offset makes conversion straightforward: subtract four hours from Coordinated Universal Time. A UTC time of noon therefore corresponds to morning in Saint Georges.
Because Montserrat does not move its clocks forward or backward, there is no local spring or autumn clock change to remember. The difference between Saint Georges and places that do observe daylight saving time can still change when those places alter their clocks.
Time zone: Atlantic Standard Time Standard abbreviation: AST UTC offset: UTC−4 Daylight saving time: not observed A fixed clock is pleasantly simple; it is everyone else changing theirs that complicates the meeting.
Places and settlements in Saint Georges
Saint Georges is one of Montserrat’s three parishes and covers the southern part of the island. Plymouth, Montserrat’s former capital, lies within this parish. Volcanic activity left much of Plymouth and the surrounding south inside an exclusion zone, so a place shown on a map may not function like an ordinary inhabited town.
Names associated with the parish include Plymouth, Kinsale and Richmond Hill. These locations share one time zone, meaning there is no clock difference when travelling within Saint Georges or between this parish and another part of Montserrat.
Descriptions such as “largest cities” need care here. Montserrat is a small island, and its local geography is more commonly described through villages, settlements and districts than through a long hierarchy of cities. Plymouth is historically and administratively important, but access restrictions and volcanic damage distinguish it from a conventional population centre.
Sunrise and daylight in Saint Georges
Sunrise time depends on the date and the observer’s position. Saint Georges lies in the Caribbean, where daylight length varies less dramatically across the year than it does at high northern or southern latitudes. Sunrise nevertheless changes from day to day, so a dated listing is more useful than a single permanent value.
The eastern horizon, elevation, cloud and terrain affect what a person actually sees. An astronomical sunrise calculation describes when the Sun’s upper edge reaches the horizon under standard assumptions; a hill or heavy cloud can delay visible sunshine without changing the calculated event.
Check that the sunrise date is local to Montserrat. Use Saint Georges or a nearby settlement as the location. Keep the clock on UTC−4, with no daylight-saving adjustment. Treat weather and horizon obstructions separately from the astronomical time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Saint Georges in?
- Saint Georges is in Atlantic Standard Time, with an offset of UTC−4.
- Does Saint Georges change its clocks?
- No. Daylight saving time is not observed in Saint Georges or elsewhere in Montserrat.
- Is sunrise at the same time every day?
- No. The calculated time changes with the date, while terrain and weather influence when direct sunlight becomes visible.