Cape Verde · CVT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Mindelo, Cape Verde runs on UTC−1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 3-hour difference between Mindelo and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 12:00–18:00 in Mindelo lines up with 09:00–15:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Mindelo and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Mindelo lines up with 11:00–18:00 in London. There is a 10-hour difference between Mindelo 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 Nuuk, Praia. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Mindelo.
Practical Info
Mindelo (Cape Verde) is home to roughly 70K people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 19:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 17° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Cape Verde
Capital
Praia
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CVT · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
Coordinates
16.89°N, 25.00°W
Currency
CVE ($)
Calling Code
+238
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mindelo is the home of morna, the melancholy Cape Verdean song form that Cesária Évora carried worldwide. UNESCO listed morna as intangible heritage in 2019.
The clock: Mindelo keeps UTC−1, one of very few inhabited places on that offset. Its carnival is modelled on Brazil's and is the largest in the archipelago.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
5h overlap