Americas · Venezuela
Current time in Caracas
Venezuela Time.
-04 · UTC-04:00IANA: America/Caracas10.48° N · 66.87° W
Current time☾ Night
20:12:00
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Sunrise
06:16
Solar noon
12:13
Sunset
18:11
Daylight saving
Not observed
This zone has no seasonal clock change.
About Caracas time
Caracas keeps one clock.
Caracas, nestled in a lush valley, keeps a steady rhythm—its clocks never spring forward or fall back, so meetings stay predictable year-round.
Convert
Caracas to the world's clocks.
Caracas
8:12pm
Pacific Time
5:12pm
Caracas to Pacific Time3 hours ahead
Caracas
8:12pm
British Summer Time
1:12am
Caracas to London (GMT)5 hours behind
Caracas
8:12pm
Central European Time
2:12am
Caracas to Central Europe6 hours behind
Caracas
8:12pm
India Standard Time
5:42am
Caracas to India9 hours 30 minutes behind
Caracas
8:12pm
Japan Standard Time
9:12am
Caracas to Japan13 hours behind
Caracas
8:12pm
Australian Eastern Time
11:12am
Caracas to Sydney15 hours behind
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Caracas's time zone, daylight saving rules, and scheduling across it. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why doesn’t Caracas observe daylight saving time?
- Venezuela abolished daylight saving in 2007 to stabilize energy consumption and simplify national timekeeping—so -04 stays constant no matter the season.
- How close is Caracas to the equator?
- At just 10.5° north, Caracas enjoys nearly 12 hours of daylight every day, making work hours feel balanced all year.
- What’s the linguistic legacy of its timezone?
- Locals say ***hora bolivariana*** to reference their fixed -04 offset—a nod to Simón Bolívar, Venezuela’s liberator.
- How does this affect remote work with the U.S. East Coast?
- When U.S. clocks shift to EDT (-04), you sync perfectly—but during standard time (-05), they lag behind by one hour.
- Is Caracas always exactly on UTC-4?
- Yes—since 1912, the country has stayed on UTC-4 with just minor historical tweaks, and now it’s locked in place.
Free · Developer API
This city's time zone, as JSON.
The time zone behind Caracas: its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, from one endpoint.
GET /v1/timezones Live
Also in the API: time zones by coordinates, conversions that flag daylight saving gaps, and abbreviations decoded.
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// Caracas's time zone, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Caracas
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Caracas",
"observes_dst": false,
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "-04",
…
},
…
}
}