Cape Verde
Time now in Santa Maria
Sunrise 06:16Sunset 06:53Time zone UTC −1
Time zone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde
UTC offset
UTC −1
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
8,400
Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
06:53
Day length
12h 37m
Coordinates
16.60, -22.91
Time difference from Santa Maria
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About the time in Santa Maria
Clocks in Santa Maria 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 Cape Verde.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Santa Maria day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 10:00–18:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Santa Maria 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa Maria
- What are normal business hours in Santa Maria in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Santa Maria runs from 10:00–18:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Santa Maria right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa Maria, updating every second from Atlantic/Cape_Verde (UTC −1).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Atlantic/Cape_Verde, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Santa Maria in?
- Santa Maria uses Atlantic/Cape_Verde, currently UTC −1.
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