Mauritania · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
6h overlap