| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | +2h | Becomes +1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +9h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +10h | Becomes +11h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −4h | Becomes −5h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
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Laayoune, Western Sahara runs on UTC+0. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Laayoune and New York is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 13:00–18:00 in Laayoune lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. The time difference between Laayoune and London is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Laayoune lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Laayoune and Tokyo is 9 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Reykjavík, Casablanca, Accra. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Laayoune.
Laayoune (Western Sahara) is home to roughly 220K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:44, sunset at 18:40. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 27° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Laayoune 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/El_Aaiun
Coordinates
27.15°N, 13.20°W
Currency
MAD (د.م.)
Calling Code
+212
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Berber
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Western Sahara has been on the UN list of non-self-governing territories since 1963, and the referendum promised when Spain withdrew in 1975 has never been held. Laayoune is its largest city.
The clock: Laayoune follows Moroccan time: it has kept GMT (UTC+0) since Morocco returned to it year-round in September 2026, ending eight years on UTC+1 with a switch back every Ramadan.
Laayoune lies at 13.2°W. Its time zone, UTC+0, is built around the prime meridian (0°). The 13.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 53 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:53 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+0 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 51m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 26m. The swing between them is 3h 26m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Laayoune the sun comes up earliest on 20 September at 06:40, while the latest sunset waits until 3 July at 20:51. 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 Laayoune that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Laayoune, Western Sahara is Africa/El_Aaiun with a current UTC offset of UTC+0.
Laayoune has an estimated population of 220K and is located at coordinates 27.15°N, 13.20°W. It is the capital city of Western Sahara.
Laayoune gets 13h 51m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 26m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Laayoune falls at about 12:53 on UTC+0 standard time, because the city sits 13.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Africa's Last Unresolved Decolonisation: Western Sahara has been on the UN list of non-self-governing territories since 1963, and the referendum promised when Spain withdrew in 1975 has never been held. Laayoune is its largest city.