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Time in Laayoune, Western Sahara now

03:27:30

Friday, 20 March, 2026, week 12

Equinox / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / International Day of Happiness

Laayoune switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 22 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:56 ↓ 19:04 (12h 8m) - More info - Make Laayoune time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Laayoune

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 22 March 2026: UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT)
The time in Laayoune can be either 4, 5 or 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, depending on the time of the year.
Latest time zone news: Morocco will return to UTC +1 earlier than expected
The IANA time zone identifier for Laayoune is Africa/El_Aaiun.

Sunday February 15 2026

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Sunday March 22 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Laayoune

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Laayoune

Sunrise: 06:56
Sunset: 19:04
Day length: 12h 8m
Solar noon: 13:00
The current local time in Laayoune is 60 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Laayoune on the map

Laayoune is the capital of Western Sahara.
Latitude: 27.14. Longitude: -13.19
Population: 196,000

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Western Sahara

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