Port Louis, Mauritius Β· UTC+4
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Port Louis was made by the trade winds. The Dutch settled Mauritius in 1638 using it as a waypoint on the route to the East Indies. The French built the harbor into a serious port in the 18th century. The British took it in 1810. Each colonial power recognized the same thing: this natural harbor on the northwest coast of Mauritius, sheltered by a ring of mountains, was one of the finest anchorages in the Indian Ocean.
Mauritius uses Mauritius Time, UTC+4, year-round with no daylight saving. The island sits at about 20 degrees south latitude, roughly 900 kilometers east of Madagascar. Port Louis shares its offset with RΓ©union to the west and is two hours behind India to the east.
The cityβs stock exchange, founded in 1989, was one of Africaβs first, and its financial sector means that Port Louis is plugged into global trading schedules. The exchange operates on the same clock it always has, but global finance demands awareness of London, New York, and Singapore in the same working day.
indentured labor and the immigration depot
The Aapravasi Ghat, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Port Louis, was the first immigration depot established by the British Empire after the abolition of slavery, where indentured laborers from India arrived to work the sugar plantations. Between 1834 and 1923, nearly half a million people passed through this gate. Every one of them arrived having crossed a vast ocean to a new timezone.
9am in Port Louis is 5am in London.
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Questions about time in Port Louis
- What timezone is Port Louis in?
- Port Louis uses the IANA timezone
Indian/Mauritius. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Port Louis observe daylight saving time?
- No. Port Louis does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Port Louis?
- Port Louis is currently at UTC+4.
- What is the time difference between Port Louis and New York?
- Port Louis is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Port Louis and London?
- Port Louis is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Port Louis and Los Angeles?
- Port Louis is currently 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Port Louis and Tokyo?
- Port Louis is currently 5 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Port Louis?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Port Louis is
Indian/Mauritius. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Indian/Mauritius' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Indian/Mauritius')`), or any IANA-compatible library.