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Time in Western Sahara now

11:54:51AM

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

International Pancake Day / Chinese New Year / Independence Day (Kosovo)

Western Sahara switched to GMT at 03:00AM on Sunday, February 15. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:23AM ↓ 06:46PM (11h 24m) - More info - Make Western Sahara time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Western Sahara

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 22 March 2026: UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT)
The time in Western Sahara can be either 4, 5 or 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, depending on the time of the year.
Latest time zone news: Morocco will return to UTC +1 earlier than expected
The IANA time zone identifier for Western Sahara is Africa/El_Aaiun.

Sunday February 15 2026

Latest change: GMT started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 22 2026

Next change: Standard time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Western Sahara

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Western Sahara on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 266,000 km²
Currency: Dirham (MAD)
Calling code: +212
Internet top level domain: .eh
Latitude: 24.49. Longitude: -12.66
Population: 273,000

Open Western Sahara in Google Maps

Annual average temperatures
for Western Sahara 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

10 places in
Western Sahara

Bir Ganduf Bir Ganduz Bu Craa Dakhla Daoura Dchira Foum el Oued Laayoune Smara Uad Damran