Dakar, Senegal Β· UTC+0
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Dakar sits at the extreme western tip of the African continent, on the Cap-Vert peninsula at 14 degrees north. The city runs on GMT, UTC+0, year-round, and has never observed daylight saving. At this latitude and longitude, UTC+0 is close to geographically correct: solar noon falls around 12:30pm, and sunrise and sunset in June arrive around 6:40am and 8pm respectively.
Senegalβs clock puts Dakar in the same timezone as London in winter but one hour behind London in summer (when the UK shifts to BST). This asymmetry matters for Dakarois professionals working with European partners. From roughly April to October, calls scheduled for βnoon Londonβ mean 11am in Dakar. The rest of the year, noon is noon.
Two rhythms in one city
Dakar is a city that runs on two rhythms simultaneously. The formal business day follows clock time. The informal economy and social life follow the call to prayer, which shifts throughout the year as sunrise and sunset change, and the evening social gathering called teranga, Wolof for hospitality, which begins after the dayβs heat breaks, usually around 5pm. Clocks measure the first rhythm; the second rhythm measures itself.
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Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database
- Agence Nationale de lβAviation Civile et de la MΓ©tΓ©orologie (ANACIM)
- Diouf, Mamadou. Histoire du Sénégal: Le modèle islamo-wolof et ses périphéries. Maisonneuve et Larose, 2001.
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Questions about time in Dakar
- What timezone is Dakar in?
- Dakar uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Dakar. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Dakar observe daylight saving time?
- No. Dakar does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Dakar?
- Dakar is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Dakar and New York?
- Dakar is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Dakar and London?
- Dakar is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Dakar and Los Angeles?
- Dakar is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Dakar and Tokyo?
- Dakar is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Dakar?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Dakar is
Africa/Dakar. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Dakar' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Dakar')`), or any IANA-compatible library.