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Praia

UTC−1

Cape Verde · CVT

Summer
23:43:46Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:00↓ 19:0624:00
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
19:06
Daylight
13.1hrs
Population
160K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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.

Flag

Cape Verde

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?

The First European City in the Tropics

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

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Working Hours

5h overlap
PraiaUTC−1
06121824
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