Current Time in Dakhla, Western Sahara 🇪🇭
Lat/Long: 23.68° N, 15.96° W
Country: 🇪🇭 Western Sahara
IANA Timezone: Africa/El_Aaiun
Timezone: GMT+1
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: GMT)
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Western Sahara: GMT
Time now in other cities in Western Sahara:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Dakhla
Sunrise
in Dakhla
↑
7:20 AM
Sunset
in Dakhla
↓
8:54 PM
Day Length
13h 34m
Dawn
in Dakhla
6:54 AM
Dusk
in Dakhla
9:20 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Dakhla
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
99.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 21:40
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 08:24
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FAQ — Time in Dakhla
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 18:16:16 in Dakhla, Western Sahara. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Dakhla uses Africa/El_Aaiun (+01) — UTC+01:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/El_Aaiun, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Dakhla does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/El_Aaiun (+01) — UTC+01:00 year-round.
Dakhla is currently +01:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Dakhla's local time, use our time calculator.
Western Sahara has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.