Equatorial Guinea · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 5-hour difference between Malabo and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Malabo lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Malabo and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Malabo lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Malabo and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Malabo lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Malabo.
Practical Info
Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) is home to roughly 297K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 4° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Equatorial Guinea
Capital
Malabo 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Malabo
Coordinates
3.75°N, 8.78°E
Currency
XAF (FCFA)
Calling Code
+240
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish, French, Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Malabo sits on Bioko island, roughly 240 kilometres from the mainland that makes up most of Equatorial Guinea's territory. The country is building a new capital, Ciudad de la Paz, in the mainland forest.
The clock: Malabo keeps UTC+1. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state with Spanish as an official language.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap