Mauritius · MUT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Port Louis, Mauritius runs on UTC+4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+4 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 8-hour difference between Port Louis and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Port Louis lines up with 09:00–10:00 in New York. There is a 3-hour difference between Port Louis and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 12:00–18:00 in Port Louis lines up with 09:00–15:00 in London. There is a 5-hour difference between Port Louis and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Port Louis lines up with 14:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Baku, Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Port Louis.
Practical Info
Port Louis (Mauritius) is home to roughly 150K people. Today brings about 10.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:42, sunset at 17:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 20° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Capital
Port Louis 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
MUT · Indian/Mauritius
Coordinates
20.16°S, 57.50°E
Currency
MUR (₨)
Calling Code
+230
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The dodo was endemic to Mauritius and was extinct within about a century of Europeans arriving — last credible sighting in the 1660s. It remains the standard example of human-caused extinction.
The clock: Port Louis keeps UTC+4. Mauritius briefly tried daylight saving in 2008–09 and abandoned it after one season.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap