PraiaCabo Verde
Current time in Praia, Cabo Verde
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Cape Verde Standard TimeUTC-01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPraia time at a glance
- Country
- Cabo Verde
- Location
- Capital city of Cabo Verde
- Time zone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde- UTC offset now
UTC-01:00- Current zone label
- GMT-1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Praia time guide
Does Praia change its clocks?
UTC-01:00.- Year-round offset
- Cape Verde Time, UTC-01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Praia and London
- 1 hour behind GMT; 2 hours behind BST
- Praia and New York
- 4 hours ahead of EST; 3 hours ahead of EDT
City, municipality and island
Praia is one municipality on Santiago island
Cabo Verde’s 2021 census publishes results down to small administrative areas and maps indicators by concelho, or municipality. Praia municipality is not the same boundary as the entire island of Santiago or the capital’s continuously built-up area.
Time-zone identity for Praia
- IANA zone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde- UTC offset now
- UTC-01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Praia is currently 1 hour behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Praia
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Praia
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Atlantic/Cape_Verde, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Praia, capital of Cabo Verde
Praia is the capital of Cabo Verde. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Cabo Verde
- Administrative area
- Cabo Verde
- Population
- 137,868
- Coordinates
- 14.9315° N, 23.5125° W. The elevation is 0 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Praia
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Praia. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AssomadaSanta Catarina, Cabo Verde26 km northwest
Atlantic/Cape_VerdeSame local time - EspargosSal, Cabo Verde212 km north
Atlantic/Cape_VerdeSame local time - MindeloSão Vicente, Cabo Verde268 km northwest
Atlantic/Cape_VerdeSame local time - DakarSenegal653 km east
Africa/Dakar1 hour ahead - BanjulGambia765 km east
Africa/Banjul1 hour ahead - NouakchottMauritania876 km northeast
Africa/Nouakchott1 hour ahead
Sources for Praia time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- 2021 Population and Housing CensusNational Institute of Statistics of Cabo Verde · Final results published 2022-04-04 · AccessedOfficial census results and administrative geography for Praia.