Tunisia · CET
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Sousse, Tunisia 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 Sousse 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 Sousse lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Sousse 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 Sousse lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Sousse 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 Sousse 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 Sousse.
Practical Info
Sousse (Tunisia) is home to roughly 271K people. Today brings about 14.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 19:36. 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.
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Tunisia
Capital
Tunis
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CET · Africa/Tunis
Coordinates
35.83°N, 10.61°E
Currency
TND (د.ت)
Calling Code
+216
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The ribat of Sousse was built around AD 780 as a fortified monastery — soldiers and monks in the same institution, watching the coast for Byzantine raiders. Its tower doubled as a lighthouse.
The clock: Sousse keeps UTC+1. Its medina is a UNESCO site, and the catacombs beneath the city hold several thousand early Christian graves.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap