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What time is it in Dakar?

17:42:18

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Dakar, Senegal
  • Time zone UTC+00:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 07:09 · sunset 18:38

Time difference with Dakar

Dakar is on UTC+00:00 right now: on the same time as UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Dakar
London United Kingdom 17:42 same time
New York United States 12:42 5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:42 8 hours behind
Paris France 18:42 1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany 18:42 1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:42 4 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:12 5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:42 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:42 8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:42 9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:42 11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:42 3 hours behind

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France – Senegal time difference · Paris – Dakar time difference

Daylight saving time in Dakar

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

History of local time in Dakar

PeriodLegal time
since 1 June 1941UTC all year round

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

Upcoming eclipses visible from Dakar

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 43 % of the Sun covered at 17:59
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 26 % of the Sun covered at 08:30
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 04:13
  • 26 June 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 03:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 632 km away, Espargos (Cape Verde) is 1 hour behind Dakar all year round.

PlaceDistance
Pikine10 km
Guédiawaye10 km
N’diareme limamoulaye12 km
Rufisque19 km
Niakoul Rab21 km
Bargny23 km
Diamniadio28 km
Sébikotane33 km

Day and night around the world

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

Sunrise
07:09
Sunset
18:38
Day length
11 h 28 min
Tomorrow
−1 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 07:0918:38

Dawn 06:47, dusk 19:00, solar noon 12:54. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 15 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 59 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:39 (25 May 2027), latest at 07:39 (21 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:37 (15 November 2026), latest at 19:43 (30 June 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:42 · moonset 22:04 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Senegal

Time in Senegal: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Dakar

Dakar is on Greenwich Mean Time, UTC all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 1 hour behind Paris in winter and 2 hours behind in summer. France – Senegal time difference

The Cap-Vert peninsula, on which the city stands, ends at the Pointe des Almadies, the westernmost point of mainland Africa. The sun reaches its highest point there at around 13:10 (mean solar noon), more than an hour after midday: it is one of the capitals where legal time runs furthest ahead of the sun. Time in Mbour