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What time is it in Praia?

16:43:56

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Praia, Cape Verde
  • Time zone UTC−01:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 06:34 · sunset 18:02

Time difference with Praia

Praia is on UTC−01:00 right now: 1 hour behind UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Praia
London United Kingdom 17:43 1 hour ahead
New York United States 12:43 4 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:43 7 hours behind
Paris France 18:43 2 hours ahead
Berlin Germany 18:43 2 hours ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:43 5 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:13 6 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:43 9 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:43 9 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:43 10 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:43 12 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:43 2 hours behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Praia

Praia does not change its clocks: UTC−01:00 all year round.

History of local time in Praia

PeriodLegal time
since 25 November 1975UTC−1 all year round
until 1974UTC−2 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Atlantic/Cape_Verde. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Praia

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 34 % of the Sun covered at 16:57
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 31 % of the Sun covered at 07:25
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 03:13
  • 26 June 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 02:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 653 km away, Dakar (Senegal) is 1 hour ahead of Praia all year round.

PlaceDistance
Assomada26 km
Espargos212 km
Mindelo268 km

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Praia
  • Praia
  • sun overhead
  • twilight
  • night

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Sun and Moon in Praia

Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
18:02
Day length
11 h 27 min
Tomorrow
−1 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 06:3418:02

Dawn 06:12, dusk 18:24, solar noon 12:18. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 14 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (13 hours).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:03 (24 May 2027), latest at 07:03 (14 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:01 (14 November 2026), latest at 19:08 (3 July 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 19 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:08 · moonset 21:28 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 10:47 · moon calendar

Good to know about the time in Praia

Praia is on Cape Verde time, UTC−1, all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 2 hours behind Paris in winter and 3 hours behind in summer.

Dakar, on the mainland, is 1 hour ahead of Praia. Time in Cape Verde