Venezuela · VET
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Ciudad Guayana and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Ciudad Guayana lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Ciudad Guayana and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Ciudad Guayana lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Ciudad Guayana and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Ciudad Guayana.
Practical Info
Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) is home to roughly 950K people. Today brings about 12.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 8° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Venezuela
Capital
Caracas
Continent
South America
Time Zone
VET · America/Caracas
Coordinates
8.36°N, 62.65°W
Currency
VES (Bs.)
Calling Code
+58
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ciudad Guayana was designed from 1961 by Venezuela's development corporation with planners from MIT and Harvard, merging two settlements at the confluence of the Orinoco and Caroní into a single industrial city.
The clock: Ciudad Guayana keeps UTC−4. Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall at 979 metres, is in the same state.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap