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What time is it in Algiers?

18:41:52

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Algiers, Algeria
  • Time zone UTC+01:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 07:23 · sunset 17:40

Time difference with Algiers

Algiers is on UTC+01:00 right now: 1 hour ahead of UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Algiers
London United Kingdom 17:41 1 hour behind
New York United States 12:41 6 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:41 9 hours behind
Paris France 18:41 same time
Berlin Germany 18:41 same time
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:41 3 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:11 4 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:41 7 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:41 7 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:41 8 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:41 10 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:41 4 hours behind

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France – Algeria time difference · Paris – Algiers time difference

Daylight saving time in Algiers

Algiers does not change its clocks: UTC+01:00 all year round.

History of local time in Algiers

PeriodLegal time
since 1 May 1981UTC+1 all year round
1979 – 1981UTC, summer time UTC+1
1977 – 1978UTC+1, summer time UTC+2
1972 – 1976UTC all year round
1971UTC, summer time UTC+1

Official time zone (IANA database): Africa/Algiers. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Algiers

  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 100 % of the Sun covered at 09:58
  • 26 January 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 77 % of the Sun covered at 17:58
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 05:13
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 19:19

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 282 km away, Ibiza (Spain) is on the same time as Algiers in winter and 1 hour ahead in summer.

PlaceDistance
Birkhadem4 km
Saoula6 km
Baraki7 km
Bab Ezzouar9 km
Bordj el Kiffan10 km
Dar el Beïda11 km
Pointe-Pescade12 km
Cheraga12 km

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Algiers
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Sun and Moon in Algiers

Sunrise
07:23
Sunset
17:40
Day length
10 h 16 min
Tomorrow
−2 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 07:2317:40

Dawn 06:56, dusk 18:07, solar noon 12:31. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 38 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 40 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:28 (6 June 2027), latest at 08:00 (1 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:31 (1 December 2026), latest at 20:10 (22 June 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 11:18 · moonset 20:39 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 12:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Algeria

Time in Algeria: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Algiers

Algiers uses Algerian time, UTC+1 all year round: the country has not used daylight saving time since 1981. It is on the same time as Paris in winter and 1 hour behind in summer. France – Algeria time difference

The city is almost on the same meridian as Paris: in winter, when the two capitals have the same time, the sun is at its highest at about the same moment, around 12:48 (mean solar noon). Further south, Algiers has longer winter days: at the solstice, the sun rises around 07:56 and sets around 17:35, against 08:41 and 16:56 in Paris.

The law of 14 March 1891, which made Paris time the legal time, applied to France and Algeria: both shores of the Mediterranean then had the same time. Time in Oran · Time in Algeria