Venezuela
Time now in Caracas
Sunrise 06:18Sunset 06:43Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Caracas
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
3,000,000
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
06:43
Day length
12h 25m
Coordinates
10.49, -66.88
Time difference from Caracas
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Caracas on the map
About the time in Caracas
Clocks in Caracas stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −4 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Venezuela.
Around 3,000,000 people live in Caracas, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Caracas runs on America/Caracas, which puts the city UTC −4 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Caracas
- What are normal business hours in Caracas in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Caracas runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Caracas right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Caracas, updating every second from America/Caracas (UTC −4).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Caracas, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Caracas in?
- Caracas uses America/Caracas, currently UTC −4.
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