Current Time in French Guiana
French Guiana uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in French Guiana
It's 4:03 PM GFT (UTC-03:00) in French Guiana on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
French Guiana does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC-3 all year.
- Time zone
- French Guiana Time
- IANA: America/Cayenne
- UTC offset now
- UTC-03:00 (GFT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC-3 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Cayenne
Matoury
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Kourou
How French Guiana writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 novembre 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the fr-GF locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from French Guiana
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in French Guiana time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 3 h ahead | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 2 h behind | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 11 h ahead | None |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 12 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 14 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | Same time | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
French Guiana at a glance
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Population
- 292,354
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
Questions about time in French Guiana
- What time is it in French Guiana right now?
- When this page was generated it was 4:03 PM GFT (UTC-03:00) in French Guiana.
- How many time zones does French Guiana have?
- French Guiana uses one time zone, French Guiana Time (IANA ID America/Cayenne).
- Does French Guiana observe daylight saving time?
- No. French Guiana does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC-3 all year.