Current time in Venezuela
Local time in Venezuela
The time in Venezuela is 4 hours behind UTC and 1 hour ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Venezuela is Venezuelan Standard Time (VET). Venezuela is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 2016.
Details for the time in Venezuela
| Current time | 12:17 p.m.
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| Time zone | Venezuelan Standard Time (VET) |
| IANA time zone | America/Caracas |
| Your time difference | 1 hour ahead of Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC-4 4 hours behind UTC |
Venezuela Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Venezuela is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Venezuela
Venezuela uses Venezuelan Standard Time VET. VET is UTC -0430. VET is an exception, most time zones are a whole number ahead or behind UTC. Venezuela's latitude and longitude is 8° 0' N and 66° 0 ' W. Therefore UTC +0430 is close to perfect for Venezuela. Due to its low latitude Venezuela has no use for daylight savings time.
Important cities in Venezuela
The current time in some important cities in Venezuela is shown below.
Time in Venezuela