Algeria · CET
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Oran, Algeria 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 Oran 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 Oran lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Oran 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 Oran lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Oran 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 Oran 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 Oran.
Practical Info
Oran (Algeria) is home to roughly 852K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 20:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Algeria
Capital
Algiers
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CET · Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
35.70°N, 0.63°W
Currency
DZD (د.ج)
Calling Code
+213
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Berber
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Raï developed in Oran in the 1920s and 30s in the cabarets of the port, and became Algeria's most exported music. Camus set The Plague here, in a city he described as having its back turned to the sea.
The clock: Oran keeps UTC+1. Its Spanish fort, Santa Cruz, dates from a period when the city was held by Spain for nearly three centuries.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap