Venezuela
Time now in Mérida
Sunrise 06:37Sunset 06:58Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Caracas
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
300,000
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
06:58
Day length
12h 22m
Coordinates
8.58, -71.17
Time difference from Mérida
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Mérida right now.
Mérida on the map
About the time in Mérida
The zone identifier America/Caracas is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Caracas keeps pointing at Caracas time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Mérida 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.
Clocks in Mérida 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Mérida
- When do the sun rise and set in Mérida today?
- Sunrise is at 06:37 and sunset at 06:58, giving 12h 22m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Mérida in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Mérida runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- 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.
- What time is it in Mérida right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Mérida, updating every second from America/Caracas (UTC −4).
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