What time is it in Cayenne?

12:19:07

Friday 13 November 2026

Cayenne, French Guiana
Time zone UTC−03:00
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 06:16 · sunset 18:10

Time difference with Cayenne

Cayenne is on UTC−03:00 right now: 3 hours behind UTC all year round.

City	Time	Compared with Cayenne
London United Kingdom	15:19	3 hours ahead
New York United States	10:19	2 hours behind
Los Angeles United States	07:19	5 hours behind
Paris France	16:19	4 hours ahead
Berlin Germany	16:19	4 hours ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates	19:19	7 hours ahead
New Delhi India	20:49	8 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore	23:19	11 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong	23:19	11 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan	00:19	12 hours ahead
Sydney Australia	02:19	14 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil	12:19	same time

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France – French Guiana time difference · Paris – Cayenne time difference

Daylight saving time in Cayenne

Cayenne does not change its clocks: UTC−03:00 all year round.

History of local time in Cayenne

Period	Legal time
since 1 October 1967	UTC−3 all year round
until 1966	UTC−4 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): America/Cayenne. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Cayenne

6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 8 % of the Sun covered at 14:19
26 January 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 84 % of the Sun covered at 12:09
12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 01:13
26 June 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 00:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 592 km away, New Amsterdam (Guyana) is 1 hour behind Cayenne all year round.

Place	Distance
Rémire-Montjoly	8 km
Matoury	10 km
Kourou	42 km
Oiapoque	134 km
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	198 km

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Sun and Moon in Cayenne

Sunrise: 06:16
Sunset: 18:10
Day length: 11 h 54 min
Tomorrow: no change

Dawn 05:54, dusk 18:32, solar noon 12:13. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 50 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 24 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:14 (12 October 2027), latest at 06:45 (27 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:10 (13 November 2026), latest at 18:46 (6 July 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 19 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:45 · moonset 21:49 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 08:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in French Guiana

Kourou

Time in French Guiana: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Cayenne

Cayenne is on French Guiana time, UTC−3, all year round, with no daylight saving time. As mainland France changes its clocks twice a year, Cayenne is 4 hours behind Paris in winter and 5 hours behind in summer. France – French Guiana time difference

Less than five degrees from the equator, the city has days of about twelve hours all year round: the sun rises there at around 06:32 in December and 06:18 in June, and sets at around 18:22 and 18:43.

Suriname, to the west, and the Brazilian state of Amapá, across the Oyapock, have the same time: the only time change comes when you travel back to mainland France. Time in Kourou · Time in Oiapoque