Somalia · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Mogadishu, Somalia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Mogadishu and New York. 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 Mogadishu lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Mogadishu and London. 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 Mogadishu lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Mogadishu and Tokyo. 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 Mogadishu lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Mogadishu.
Practical Info
Mogadishu (Somalia) is home to roughly 2.4M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 2° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Somalia
Capital
Mogadishu 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
EAT · Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
2.05°N, 45.32°E
Currency
SOS (Sh)
Calling Code
+252
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Somali, Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mogadishu was a major Indian Ocean trading port by the 10th century, and Ibn Battuta described it in 1331 as an exceedingly large city. Its Arba'a Rukun mosque dates to around 1269.
The clock: Mogadishu keeps UTC+3 and lies almost on the equator, where the sun rises and sets within a few minutes of 06:00 and 18:00 throughout the year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.