Navassa Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Navassa Island uses a UTC−5 reference throughout the year and does not observe daylight saving time. The Caribbean island is uninhabited, contains no cities, and requires a date-specific astronomical calculation for sunrise.
Navassa, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Havana
Time and sun data for Navassa — the largest city of Navassa Island
The sun in Navassa
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:33 AM – 7:00 PM
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Current time in Navassa Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Navassa time is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. Its numeric offset matches Eastern Standard Time, but it does not follow the seasonal switch used by many communities in the mainland Eastern Time Zone.
This difference makes the UTC notation important. When mainland Eastern locations move to daylight time, their clocks can differ from Navassa even though a casual label such as “Eastern” might suggest otherwise. Use UTC−5 for a precise conversion.
To find the island’s date and time from UTC, subtract five hours and check whether the calculation crosses midnight. When planning with another region, examine that region’s rules separately rather than assuming the difference stays constant all year. Navassa has no commuters, but its time-zone label can still create traffic in a calendar.
An island without urban places
Navassa Island has no permanent residents, cities, towns, or active municipal center. Historic structures and named terrain features are not modern population centers and should not appear in a list of largest cities.
Mark the largest-city field as not applicable. Use Navassa Island as the geographic clock location. Do not infer local business hours where no resident community exists. Distinguish an expedition’s working time from the island’s UTC reference.
The island is managed as a wildlife refuge. Access and field activity are specialized matters rather than routine tourism. Anyone coordinating authorized work should rely on the instructions of the responsible organization, including any operational time standard it specifies.
Sunrise in the Caribbean setting
Navassa’s sunrise varies by date even though its civil offset remains fixed. Its latitude produces seasonal movement in sunrise and sunset, though not the extreme daylight swings found near the polar regions.
The calculated sunrise is the conventional moment when the Sun’s upper edge reaches the horizon under standard assumptions. Cliffs, uneven ground, clouds, and an observer’s position may change the first visible sunlight. Dawn begins during twilight before the formal sunrise.
A mainland clock comparison needs care around daylight saving periods. The island can share a clock reading with one location during part of the year and differ during another part. For an unambiguous record, keep “Navassa Island,” the local date, and UTC−5 beside the sunrise time.
Questions and answers
- What is the time offset for Navassa Island?
- Navassa Island uses UTC−5 year-round.
- Does Navassa change clocks with the mainland Eastern Time Zone?
- No. It does not observe the mainland’s seasonal daylight saving change.
- Which city should be used for Navassa sunrise?
- None. The island has no cities, so use an island coordinate or the page’s designated geographic point.