Morocco · WEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Tangier, Morocco 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 Tangier 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 Tangier lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Tangier 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 Tangier lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Tangier 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 Tangier 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 Tangier.
Practical Info
Tangier (Morocco) is home to roughly 948K people. Today brings about 14.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 19:42. 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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Morocco
Capital
Rabat
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WEST · Africa/Casablanca
Coordinates
35.76°N, 5.83°W
Currency
MAD (د.م.)
Calling Code
+212
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tangier was an International Zone from 1923 to 1956, jointly administered by up to nine powers at once, with its own currency and almost no tax. The arrangement drew writers, spies and smugglers in roughly equal numbers.
The clock: Tangier keeps UTC+1. Spain is visible across the strait, 14 km away, and keeps the same hour — though for most of the year Morocco's is the one that moves.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap