Current Time in Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷
Lat/Long: 18.07° N, 15.96° W
Country: 🇲🇷 Mauritania
IANA Timezone: Africa/Nouakchott
Timezone: GMT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Mauritania: GMT
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Nouakchott
Sunrise
in Nouakchott
↑
6:31 AM
Sunset
in Nouakchott
↓
7:43 PM
Day Length
13h 11m
Dawn
in Nouakchott
6:07 AM
Dusk
in Nouakchott
8:07 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Nouakchott
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
99.5%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 20:27
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 07:36
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FAQ — Time in Nouakchott
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 16:39:09 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. 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.
Nouakchott uses Africa/Nouakchott (GMT) — UTC+00:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Nouakchott, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Nouakchott does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Nouakchott (GMT) — UTC+00:00 year-round.
Nouakchott is currently +00:00 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 Nouakchott's local time, use our time calculator.
Mauritania 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.