Time in Venezuela 🇻🇪
The current local time in Venezuela is anchored on Caracas (America/Caracas, UTC -04:00 · GMT-4).
Caracas local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-4
Venezuela at a glance
- Capital
- Caracas
- ISO codes
- VE · VEN
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +58
- Currency
- Venezuelan Bolívar (VES)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Venezuela
All of Venezuela keeps the same clock, UTC -04:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Caracas · Caracas | UTC -04:00 | — | None |
Caracas vs. major cities
How far Caracas is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Caracas, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Caracas | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Paris · France | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +9:30 h | 18:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Caracas time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Caracas
Since 1970, Caracas has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, none of them with daylight saving time. Since 2016 it has stayed on UTC -04:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Caracas stays on UTC -04:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–2006 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2007–2015 | UTC -04:30 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2016–2026 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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