Praia, Cabo Verde · UTC-1
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Praia is in the Cape Verde Time timezone (CVT/UTC-1), observed year-round with no daylight saving at the Atlantic archipelago’s capital city.
Cabo Verde sits in the Atlantic, about 570 kilometers west of Senegal, which makes its UTC-1 timezone a reasonable geographic choice. The islands are closer to Africa than the Americas, but at their longitude, UTC-1 splits the difference. There is no daylight saving: Cape Verde Time is fixed year-round.
Cabo Verde uses the Atlantic/Cape_Verde IANA identifier, one of the distinctive Atlantic island zones. Praia, on Santiago Island, is the political and demographic center of the archipelago, home to about half the total population.
Praia sits on a plateau above the southern coast of Santiago, the Portuguese word for “beach.” The city spills down to the Quebra Canela beach below. The northeast trade winds cool the city most of the year, though the harmattan blows red dust from the Sahara in winter, tinting the air and reducing visibility.
morna, saudade, and island time
The music born in Cabo Verde, morna, carries a specific weight called saudade: longing, nostalgia, the feeling of someone or something absent. It is island music, ocean music. The great Cesária Évora, who grew up in the northern island of São Vicente, carried this sound to international audiences. Her time was her own, unhurried, like the tide.
9am in Praia is 10am in London in winter.
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Questions about time in Praia
- What timezone is Praia in?
- Praia uses the IANA timezone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde. The UTC offset is always UTC-1 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Praia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Praia does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-1 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Praia?
- Praia is currently at UTC-1.
- What is the time difference between Praia and New York?
- Praia is currently 3 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Praia and London?
- Praia is currently 2 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Praia and Los Angeles?
- Praia is currently 6 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Praia and Tokyo?
- Praia is currently 10 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Praia?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Praia is
Atlantic/Cape_Verde. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Atlantic/Cape_Verde' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Atlantic/Cape_Verde')`), or any IANA-compatible library.