Current time in Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela, keeps Venezuela Time at UTC-04:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Caracas
11:22:14
America/Caracas · UTC-04:00
Time zone in Caracas
Sunrise and sunset in Caracas
Sun and clock in Caracas
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Caracas comes at 12:28, because the city lies about 7° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Caracas
Ho Chi Minh City, at 10.8°N, lies on almost the same parallel as Caracas, so its days stay within 1 minute of Caracas’s all year; its clock is 11 h ahead of Caracas.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:23 | 18:02 | 11 h 39 m |
| December 15 | 06:37 | 18:08 | 11 h 31 m |
| January 15 | 06:50 | 18:24 | 11 h 35 m |
| February 15 | 06:48 | 18:36 | 11 h 48 m |
| March 15 | 06:35 | 18:38 | 12 h 4 m |
| April 15 | 06:17 | 18:38 | 12 h 22 m |
| May 15 | 06:06 | 18:42 | 12 h 36 m |
| June 15 | 06:06 | 18:50 | 12 h 44 m |
| July 15 | 06:13 | 18:54 | 12 h 41 m |
| August 15 | 06:18 | 18:46 | 12 h 28 m |
| September 15 | 06:17 | 18:29 | 12 h 11 m |
| October 15 | 06:16 | 18:10 | 11 h 54 m |
When the clocks change in Caracas
Caracas has kept UTC-04:00 since May 1, 2016. The last time its clock showed anything else was from December 9, 2007 to May 1, 2016, when it ran at UTC-04:30. That was the last of 2 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Caracas’s own local mean time, UTC-04:27:44, kept until 1890.
Calling Caracas from another time zone
| Place | Caracas’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 13:00–21:00 | — | — |
| New York | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Caracas time | 7 h to 8 h |
| London | 13:00–21:00 | 4 h, 09:00–13:00 Caracas time | 3 h to 4 h |
| Tokyo | 22:00–06:00 | none | none all year |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Caracas, every other city in this directory has already reached Monday. By 17:00 on Friday, 50 listed cities, including New Delhi and Shanghai, have already reached Saturday.
Caracas compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Caracas | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 1 h behind | 1 h behind / the same |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 4 h ahead | 4 h ahead / 5 h ahead |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 8 h ahead | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 9 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 12 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 13 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 15 h ahead | 14 h ahead / 15 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bogotá | 1,020 km south-west | 1 h behind | 29 minutes later |
| Panama City | 1,390 km west | 1 h behind | 50 minutes later |
| Havana | 2,160 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 1 h 2 min later |
| Miami | 2,200 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 53 minutes later |
| Lima | 2,740 km south-west | 1 h behind | 41 minutes later |
| Atlanta | 3,140 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 1 h 10 min later |
| Washington, D.C. | 3,320 km north | 1 h behind / the same | 41 minutes later |
| New York | 3,430 km north | 1 h behind / the same | 28 minutes later |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Caracas’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Caracas in?
Caracas keeps America/Caracas, Venezuela Time, at UTC-04:00 all year. The identifier is named after Caracas itself.
Is all of Venezuela on the same time as Caracas?
Yes. America/Caracas is the tz database’s only entry for Venezuela, and Caracas keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Caracas?
26 other countries and territories keep exactly Caracas’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Caracas and Bogotá?
The clock in Bogotá, Colombia, about 1,020 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Caracas.