Madagascar · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Toamasina, Madagascar runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Toamasina and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Toamasina lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Toamasina and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Toamasina lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Toamasina and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Toamasina lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Toamasina.
Practical Info
Toamasina (Madagascar) is home to roughly 330K people. Today brings about 11.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 17:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 18° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Madagascar
Capital
Antananarivo
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
EAT · Indian/Antananarivo
Coordinates
18.15°S, 49.40°E
Currency
MGA (Ar)
Calling Code
+261
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Malagasy, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Toamasina handles the majority of Madagascar's foreign trade, including most of its vanilla — the island produces the largest share of the world's supply, and prices have swung by a factor of ten within a few years.
The clock: Toamasina keeps UTC+3. The Canal des Pangalanes behind the coast is a 650 km chain of lagoons linked into an inland waterway.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.