Time in Cabo Verde now
11:06AMUTC−1
UTC−1+4 h vs New York (you)Atlantic/Cape_Verde
No clock changes: Cabo Verde stays on UTC−1 all year.
Time zone in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde uses a single time zone: UTC−1 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Praia lies at 23.5° west, where mean solar time is UTC−1:34 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 34 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:34 PM.
Daylight saving time in Cabo Verde
No. Cabo Verde has not used daylight saving time since 1942, and the clocks stay on UTC−1 all year.
Clock history of Cabo Verde
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−1:34 in Praia), which ended on January 1, 1912, when UTC−2 replaced it. There has been no daylight saving time since 1970; the last summer clock change in the record was in 1942. The table summarises the clocks of Cabo Verde year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Atlantic/Cape_Verde.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1974 | UTC−2 all year | — |
| 1975 | UTC−2 until November 25, then UTC−1 | — |
| 1976 onward | UTC−1 all year | — |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Tuesday, November 25, 1975, from UTC−2 to UTC−1.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Cabo Verde time
Time difference between Cabo Verde and major cities
| City | Local time now | Cabo Verde vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +3 h | 4 h / 5 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| London | 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −2 h | 7 h / 6 h |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h | −2 h | −3 h | 6 h / 5 h |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h 30 min | −6 h 30 min | −6 h 30 min | 1 h 30 min / 1 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −9 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −9 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h | −10 h | −10 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
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A 9-to-5 day in Cabo Verde overlaps New York’s for 4 h in January (1:00 PM–5:00 PM Cabo Verde time), 5 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Cabo Verde it is 5:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Cabo Verde overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (9:00 AM–4:00 PM Cabo Verde time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Cabo Verde it is 10:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Cabo Verde overlaps New Delhi’s for 1 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–10:30 AM Cabo Verde time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Cabo Verde it is 3:30 PM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Praia and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakar Senegal | 650 km | 12:06 PM GMT | +1 h |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain | 1,690 km | 12:06 PM WET | +1 h |
Same clock as Cabo Verde
These places keep exactly the same time as Cabo Verde all year under the current rules.
- PraiaCV
Cities in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde at a glance
- CapitalPraia
- Population527,326
- Time zone IDAtlantic/Cape_Verde
- Standard timeUTC−1
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+238