Caracas — America/Caracas
The current local time in the America/Caracas IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Venezuela. The zone is currently at UTC -04:00 · GMT-4 and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Caracas
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-4
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: -04:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using America/Caracas
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
| 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.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Caracas
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Caracas on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Anguilla Antigua America/Antigua Aruba America/Aruba Barbados America/Barbados Blanc-Sablon America/Blanc-Sablon Boa Vista America/Boa_Vista Campo Grande America/Campo_Grande Cuiaba America/Cuiaba Curacao America/Curacao Dominica America/Dominica Grenada America/Grenada Guadeloupe America/Guadeloupe Guyana America/Guyana Kralendijk America/Kralendijk La Paz America/La_Paz Lower Princes America/Lower_Princes Manaus America/Manaus Marigot America/Marigot More references for America/Caracas
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