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Time.is

Time in Western Sahara now

07:03:45AM

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Darwin Day / Abraham Lincoln's birthday / Red Hand Day

Western Sahara switches to GMT at 03:00AM on Sunday, February 15. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 08:26AM ↓ 07:43PM (11h 17m) - More info - Make Western Sahara time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Western Sahara

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 15 February 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Western Sahara 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 Western Sahara is Africa/El_Aaiun.

Sunday April 6 2025

Latest change: Standard time started

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

Sunday February 15 2026

Next change: GMT starts

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

Time difference
from Western Sahara

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Western Sahara on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 266,000 km²
Currency: Dirham (MAD)
Calling code: +212
Internet top level domain: .eh
Latitude: 24.49. Longitude: -12.66
Population: 273,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Western Sahara 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

10 places in
Western Sahara

Bir Ganduf Bir Ganduz Bu Craa Dakhla Daoura Dchira Foum el Oued Laayoune Smara Uad Damran