Cabo Verde
Time now in Cabo Verde
Sunrise 06:21Sunset 06:57Time zone UTC −1
Time zone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde
UTC offset
UTC −1
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
543,767
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
06:57
Day length
12h 35m
Coordinates
16.00, -24.00
Time difference from Cabo Verde
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Cabo Verde right now.
Cabo Verde on the map
About the time in Cabo Verde
Clocks in Cabo Verde stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −1 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Cabo Verde.
Cabo Verde runs on Atlantic/Cape_Verde, which puts the city UTC −1 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 543,767 people live in Cabo Verde, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cabo Verde
- What are normal business hours in Cabo Verde in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Cabo Verde runs from 10:00–18:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cabo Verde?
- Cabo Verde is UTC −1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Cabo Verde change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Cabo Verde keeps UTC −1 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Cabo Verde right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cabo Verde, updating every second from Atlantic/Cape_Verde (UTC −1).
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