Guyana time now, live flip clock
Guyana's clocks read UTC-4 through every season, and they do not change for summer. Set to Georgetown, the flip clock above counts each second as it passes.
Time zone in Guyana
A single zone spans the whole country. Georgetown, the capital, shows the same time as Linden and New Amsterdam.
- UTC-4
- Not observed
- Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam
How many hours ahead or behind Georgetown
On 24 October 2026, New York is on the same time as Georgetown.
| City | Difference from Georgetown |
|---|---|
| New York | Same time |
| Toronto | Same time |
| London | 5 hours ahead |
| Paramaribo | 1 hour ahead |
| Caracas | Same time |
| Barbados | Same time |
| Sao Paulo | 1 hour ahead |
| Kolkata | 9 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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How Guyana has set its clocks
- Three hours, then four
- four
- Guyana's standard time is written into the Interpretation and General Clauses Act. One amendment set it three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. A later amendment to the same Act substitutes the word "four" for the word "three". Four hours behind Greenwich fits the UTC-4 Guyana keeps today.
- Before the three-hour law
- 3 h 45 min
- The time zone database quotes a local mean time just under four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. It then keeps Guyana four hours behind Greenwich until partway through the First World War. After that, the database puts Guyana three hours and 45 minutes behind. That offset lasts until the day the three-hour amendment came into operation.
- Suriname, an hour ahead
- 1 h
- Paramaribo in Suriname is 1 hour ahead of Georgetown all year. Neither side changes its clocks, so that hour does not move. Venezuela, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago show the same time as Guyana through the year.
Questions about time in Guyana
What time zone is Guyana in?
Guyana is on UTC-4, with one zone for the whole country. The time zone database names that zone America/Guyana. It gives the zone no letter code, so the offset appears on its own. This site's data gives it the everyday English name Guyana Time.
Does Guyana have daylight saving time?
No. Guyana keeps UTC-4 all year, and the time zone database shows no clock change ahead for it. Britain's clocks do change, though. London runs 4 hours ahead of Georgetown in the British winter. Its lead grows by an hour while the UK's clocks are forward.
What is the time difference between Guyana and New York?
In the New York winter, New York is 1 hour behind Guyana. From March to November, New York keeps daylight time and matches Georgetown exactly. Toronto's clocks change on the same dates as New York's. So a call at noon in Georgetown rings at eleven in New York in winter, and at noon in summer.
What is the time difference between Guyana and India?
India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of Guyana through the year. India keeps one offset too, so the difference is the same in every month. At eight in the morning in Georgetown, it is already late afternoon in Delhi and Mumbai.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| America/Guyana | UTC-4 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.