IANA Name: America/Caracas
Standard Offset: UTC −04:00
Daylight Saving: No
Currently Observing DST: No ❌
FAQ — America/Caracas
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The current local time in America/Caracas is 23:04:18. America/Caracas is currently UTC-04:00. Compare with all major time zones.
America/Caracas is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
No — America/Caracas does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Its offset stays at -04 UTC-04:00 year-round.
Major cities in America/Caracas include Acarigua, Alto Barinas, Anaco, Araure, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Baruta, Biruaca. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
America/Caracas is used (in whole or in part) by Venezuela. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between America/Caracas and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.