| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Djibouti City, Djibouti runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Djibouti City and New York is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Djibouti City lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Djibouti City and London is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Djibouti City lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Djibouti City and Tokyo is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Djibouti City lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Djibouti City.
Djibouti City (Djibouti) is home to roughly 600K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:56, sunset at 17:58. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Djibouti
Capital
Djibouti City 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Africa/Djibouti
Coordinates
11.57°N, 43.15°E
Currency
DJF (Fdj)
Calling Code
+253
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French, Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lake Assal sits about 155 metres below sea level, the lowest point in Africa, and is roughly ten times saltier than the ocean — among the most saline bodies of water on the planet.
The clock: Djibouti City keeps UTC+3. Its port handles the overwhelming majority of Ethiopia's foreign trade, and its position on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait is why a country of about a million people hosts several foreign military bases.
Djibouti City lies at 43.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 1.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:07 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 48m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 27m. The swing between them is 1h 21m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Djibouti City the sun comes up earliest on 31 May at 05:42, while the latest sunset waits until 13 July at 18:36. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Djibouti City that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Djibouti City, Djibouti is Africa/Djibouti with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Djibouti City has an estimated population of 600K and is located at coordinates 11.57°N, 43.15°E. It is the capital city of Djibouti.
Djibouti City gets 12h 48m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 27m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Djibouti City falls at about 12:07 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 1.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lake Ten Times Saltier Than the Sea: Lake Assal sits about 155 metres below sea level, the lowest point in Africa, and is roughly ten times saltier than the ocean — among the most saline bodies of water on the planet.