Senegal · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Saint-Louis, Senegal 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 Saint-Louis 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 Saint-Louis lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Saint-Louis 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 Saint-Louis lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Saint-Louis 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 Saint-Louis.
Practical Info
Saint-Louis (Senegal) is home to roughly 255K people. Today brings about 13.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:36, sunset at 19:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 16° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Senegal
Capital
Dakar
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Dakar
Coordinates
16.03°N, 16.49°W
Currency
XOF (CFA)
Calling Code
+221
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Saint-Louis was founded in 1659 on an island in the Senegal river, the first permanent French settlement in Africa and capital of French West Africa until 1902. Its colonial grid and balconied houses are a UNESCO site.
The clock: Saint-Louis keeps UTC+0. Aéropostale's mail flights to South America staged through here, and Saint-Exupéry flew the route.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap