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What time is it in Antananarivo?

20:44:52

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • Time zone UTC+03:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 05:04 · sunset 18:03

Time difference with Antananarivo

Antananarivo is on UTC+03:00 right now: 3 hours ahead of UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Antananarivo
London United Kingdom 17:44 3 hours behind
New York United States 12:44 8 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:44 11 hours behind
Paris France 18:44 2 hours behind
Berlin Germany 18:44 2 hours behind
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:44 1 hour ahead
New Delhi India 23:14 2 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:44 5 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:44 5 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:44 6 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:44 8 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:44 6 hours behind

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France – Madagascar time difference

Daylight saving time in Antananarivo

Antananarivo does not change its clocks: UTC+03:00 all year round.

History of local time in Antananarivo

PeriodLegal time
since 30 May 1954UTC+3 all year round
1954UTC+3, summer time UTC+4
until 1953UTC+3 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Indian/Antananarivo. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Antananarivo

  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 10 % of the Sun covered at 14:35
  • 25 November 2030 · solar eclipsepartial, 41 % of the Sun covered at 08:37
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 21:19
  • 31 December 2028 · total lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 19:52

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 841 km away, Saint-Paul (Réunion) is 1 hour ahead of Antananarivo all year round.

PlaceDistance
Ivato14 km
Ambohidratrimo15 km
Alarobia22 km
Imerintsiatosika24 km
Manjakandriana28 km
Ambohitrolomahitsy28 km
Ankazondandy35 km
Sadabe36 km

Day and night around the world

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

Sunrise
05:04
Sunset
18:03
Day length
12 h 58 min
Tomorrow
+1 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 05:0418:03

Dawn 04:41, dusk 18:26, solar noon 11:34. Shortest day: 21 June 2026 (10 h 59 min); longest: 21 December 2026 (13 h 16 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:03 (17 November 2026), latest at 06:23 (28 June 2027); earliest sunset at 17:19 (29 May 2027), latest at 18:33 (11 January 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 17 % illuminated
Moonrise 07:59 · moonset 21:46 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 14:47 · moon calendar

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Good to know about the time in Antananarivo

Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, is on UTC+3 all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 2 hours ahead of Paris in January and 1 hour ahead in July. Neighbouring Mayotte and the Comoros are on the same time as Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius 1 hour ahead of Madagascar.

In the southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed: the longest days fall in December, when Paris has its shortest. Long called Tananarive in French, the city officially bears its Malagasy name, which means “the city of the thousand”. France – Madagascar time difference