Algeria · CET
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Sétif, 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 Sétif 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 Sétif lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Sétif 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 Sétif lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Sétif 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 Sétif 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 Sétif.
Practical Info
Sétif (Algeria) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 20:00. 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
36.19°N, 5.41°E
Currency
DZD (د.ج)
Calling Code
+213
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Berber
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Demonstrations in Sétif on 8 May 1945 — the day Germany surrendered — were fired on, and the reprisals that followed killed thousands. The date is widely treated as the beginning of the Algerian independence movement.
The clock: Sétif keeps UTC+1 at about 1,100 metres, which makes it one of the coldest cities in Algeria.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap