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Nouakchott

UTC+0

Mauritania · GMT

Summer
00:43:39Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:24↓ 19:3024:00
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
19:30
Daylight
13.1hrs
Population
1.2M
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Nouakchott, Mauritania runs on UTC+0. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 4-hour difference between Nouakchott and New York. 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 Nouakchott lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Nouakchott and London. 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 Nouakchott lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Nouakchott and Tokyo. 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, Accra, Dakar. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Nouakchott.

Practical Info

Nouakchott (Mauritania) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 13.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 19:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

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Mauritania

Mauritania

Capital

Nouakchott 👑

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

GMT · Africa/Nouakchott

Coordinates

18.08°N, 15.98°W

Currency

MRU (UM)

Calling Code

+222

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Arabic

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Capital Built for Fifteen Thousand

Nouakchott was designed in 1958 for about 15,000 people and now holds over a million — growth driven largely by drought pushing nomadic populations into the city. The Sahara is still advancing toward it.

The clock: Nouakchott keeps UTC+0. Its fishing port hosts one of the largest artisanal fleets in West Africa, with hundreds of painted pirogues landing daily.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

6h overlap
NouakchottUTC+0
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824