Venezuela · VET
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Maracaibo, Venezuela runs on UTC−4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. Maracaibo 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 Maracaibo lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Maracaibo 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 Maracaibo lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Maracaibo 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 Maracaibo.
Practical Info
Maracaibo (Venezuela) is home to roughly 2.2M people. Today brings about 12.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 19:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 11° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Venezuela
Capital
Caracas
Continent
South America
Time Zone
VET · America/Caracas
Coordinates
10.64°N, 71.64°W
Currency
VES (Bs.)
Calling Code
+58
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Catatumbo lightning, where the river meets Lake Maracaibo, occurs on roughly 260 to 300 nights a year for up to ten hours at a time — the highest lightning density anywhere on Earth. Sailors used it for navigation.
The clock: Venezuela used UTC−4:30 from 2007 to 2016, a half-hour offset adopted and then dropped again for energy reasons. Maracaibo now keeps UTC−4.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap