| 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 |
Hargeisa, Somalia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Hargeisa 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 Hargeisa lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Hargeisa 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 Hargeisa lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Hargeisa 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 Hargeisa 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 Hargeisa.
Hargeisa (Somalia) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:52, sunset at 17:55. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Somalia
Capital
Mogadishu
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
9.56°N, 44.07°E
Currency
SOS (Sh)
Calling Code
+252
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Somali, Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has held elections, issued its own currency and passports, and maintained relative stability since — recognised by only one UN member state, Israel, which did so in December 2025.
The clock: Hargeisa keeps UTC+3. The Laas Geel rock paintings nearby, found in 2002, are among the best-preserved in Africa and may be 5,000 years old.
Hargeisa lies at 44.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:04, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 41m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 34m. The swing between them is 1h 7m. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Hargeisa the sun comes up earliest on 29 May at 05:42, while the latest sunset waits until 15 July at 18:28. 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 Hargeisa 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 Hargeisa, Somalia is Africa/Mogadishu with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Hargeisa has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 9.56°N, 44.07°E.
Hargeisa gets 12h 41m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 34m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Hargeisa falls at about 12:04 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 0.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital of a State Almost Nobody Recognises: Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has held elections, issued its own currency and passports, and maintained relative stability since — recognised by only one UN member state, Israel, which did so in December…