CaracasVenezuela
Current time in Caracas, Venezuela
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Venezuela TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockCaracas time at a glance
- Country
- Venezuela
- Location
- Capital city of Venezuela
- Time zone
America/Caracas- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Caracas time guide
Does Caracas change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Year-round offset
- Venezuela Time (VET), UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Caracas
- Caracas and London
- 4 hours behind during GMT; 5 hours behind during BST
- Caracas and New York
- 1 hour ahead during EST; same clock time during EDT
Capital District and metropolitan area
Metropolitan Caracas crosses state boundaries
Venezuela's official census geography distinguishes the Capital District from municipalities in neighboring Miranda state. Greater Caracas totals combine those areas and should not be described as the population of the Capital District alone.
Time-zone identity for Caracas
- IANA zone
America/Caracas- UTC offset now
- UTC-04:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Caracas is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Caracas
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 Caracas
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Caracas, 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 Caracas, capital of Venezuela
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Venezuela
- Administrative area
- Distrito Federal, Venezuela
- Population
- 3,000,000
- Coordinates
- 10.4880° N, 66.8792° W. The elevation is 887 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Caracas
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Caracas. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- ChacaoMiranda, Venezuela2.9 km east
America/CaracasSame local time - Los Dos CaminosMiranda, Venezuela5.6 km east
America/CaracasSame local time - El CafetalMiranda, Venezuela6 km southeast
America/CaracasSame local time - BarutaMiranda, Venezuela6 km south
America/CaracasSame local time - PetareMiranda, Venezuela7.9 km east
America/CaracasSame local time - El HatilloMiranda, Venezuela9.2 km southeast
America/CaracasSame local time
Sources for Caracas 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.
- Population and Housing Census publicationsNational Institute of Statistics Venezuela · Official census series · AccessedOfficial source for Capital District and municipal census statistics.