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What time is it in Timbuktu?

17:44:01

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Timbuktu, Mali
  • Time zone UTC+00:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 06:15 · sunset 17:37

Time difference with Timbuktu

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

CityTimeCompared with Timbuktu
London United Kingdom 17:44 same time
New York United States 12:44 5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:44 8 hours behind
Paris France 18:44 1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany 18:44 1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:44 4 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:14 5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:44 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:44 8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:44 9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:44 11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:44 3 hours behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Timbuktu

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

History of local time in Timbuktu

PeriodLegal time
since 20 June 1960UTC all year round
until 1959UTC−1 all year round

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

Upcoming eclipses visible from Timbuktu

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 52 % of the Sun covered at 18:00
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 28 % of the Sun covered at 08:51
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 04:13
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 18:19

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 477 km away, Ayorou (Niger) is 1 hour ahead of Timbuktu all year round.

PlaceDistance
Diré71 km
Goundam81 km
Douentza197 km

Day and night around the world

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

Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
17:37
Day length
11 h 22 min
Tomorrow
−1 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 06:1517:37

Dawn 05:52, dusk 18:00, solar noon 11:56. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 7 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (13 h 7 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:37 (31 May 2027), latest at 06:44 (14 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:36 (17 November 2026), latest at 18:49 (29 June 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:47 · moonset 20:59 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Mali

Time in Mali: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Timbuktu

Timbuktu is on Mali time, UTC all year round, with no daylight saving time.

On the edge of the Sahara, the city has much more contrasting days than Bamako: about eleven hours of daylight in December, more than thirteen in June. The sun reaches its highest point there at around 12:12 (mean solar noon). Time in Bamako