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What time is it in Nouakchott?

17:43:53

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Nouakchott, Mauritania
  • Time zone UTC+00:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 07:08 · sunset 18:27

Time difference with Nouakchott

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

CityTimeCompared with Nouakchott
London United Kingdom 17:43 same time
New York United States 12:43 5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:43 8 hours behind
Paris France 18:43 1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany 18:43 1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:43 4 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:13 5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:43 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:43 8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:43 9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:43 11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:43 3 hours behind

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France – Mauritania time difference

Daylight saving time in Nouakchott

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

History of local time in Nouakchott

PeriodLegal time
since 28 November 1960UTC all year round
until 1959UTC−1 all year round

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

Upcoming eclipses visible from Nouakchott

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 35 % of the Sun covered at 18:01
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 37 % of the Sun covered at 08:32
  • 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: 754 km away, Espargos (Cape Verde) is 1 hour behind Nouakchott all year round.

PlaceDistance
Tevragh Zeina2 km
Ksar3 km
Dar Naim6 km
Boutilimitt148 km
Rosso176 km
Tékane178 km
Richard-Toll183 km
Dagana183 km

Day and night around the world

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

Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
18:27
Day length
11 h 18 min
Tomorrow
−1 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 07:0818:27

Dawn 06:46, dusk 18:50, solar noon 12:48. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 2 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (13 h 12 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:27 (27 May 2027), latest at 07:38 (12 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:26 (16 November 2026), latest at 19:43 (26 June 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:44 · moonset 21:50 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar

Good to know about the time in Nouakchott

Nouakchott is on Mauritania time, UTC all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 1 hour behind Paris in winter and 2 hours behind in summer.

Nearly 16 degrees west of Greenwich, the city sees the sun at its highest around 13:04 (mean solar noon). France – Mauritania time difference