| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +3h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +8h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +9h | Becomes +10h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −5h | Becomes −6h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −8h | Becomes −9h on 1 Nov |
Sfax, Tunisia runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Sfax and New York is 5 hours. 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 Sfax lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Sfax 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 Sfax lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Sfax and Tokyo is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Sfax lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lagos, Kinshasa, Algiers. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Sfax.
Sfax (Tunisia) is home to roughly 340K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:10, sunset at 18:03. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 35° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Tunisia
Capital
Tunis
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+1 · Africa/Tunis
Coordinates
34.74°N, 10.76°E
Currency
TND (د.ت)
Calling Code
+216
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The plains around Sfax hold on the order of millions of olive trees, and Tunisia is regularly among the world's top olive oil producers. Much of the crop is exported in bulk and bottled elsewhere.
The clock: Sfax keeps UTC+1. Its medina walls, built in the 9th century, are among the best preserved in North Africa.
Sfax lies at 10.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 4.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 17 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:17 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+1 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 29m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 49m. The swing between them is 4h 40m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Sfax the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 05:03, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:34. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Sfax that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 30 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Sfax, Tunisia is Africa/Tunis with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.
Sfax has an estimated population of 340K and is located at coordinates 34.74°N, 10.76°E.
Sfax gets 14h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 49m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Sfax falls at about 12:17 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 4.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Olive Trees by the Million: The plains around Sfax hold on the order of millions of olive trees, and Tunisia is regularly among the world's top olive oil producers. Much of the crop is exported in bulk and bottled elsewhere.