Cape Verde · CVT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Praia, 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 Praia 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 Praia lines up with 09:00–15:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Praia 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 Praia lines up with 11:00–18:00 in London. There is a 10-hour difference between Praia 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, Mindelo. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Praia.
Practical Info
Praia (Cape Verde) is home to roughly 160K people. Today brings about 13.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 15° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Cape Verde
Capital
Praia 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CVT · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
Coordinates
14.93°N, 23.51°W
Currency
CVE ($)
Calling Code
+238
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Cidade Velha, near Praia, was founded in 1462 and is generally reckoned the first permanent European settlement in the tropics. It became a hub of the Atlantic slave trade and was sacked by Francis Drake in 1585.
The clock: Cape Verde keeps UTC−1, one of very few inhabited places on that offset — a single hour behind Greenwich in the middle of the Atlantic.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
5h overlap