Current time in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Nouakchott
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+0 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Mauritania (capital) · 18.09° N, 15.98° W
- Population
- 1,184,530
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Nouakchott at about 13:04 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 4 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:47 and 13:18 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:08 | 19:14 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:29 | 19:42 | 13h 13m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:53 | 18:59 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:30 | 18:33 | 11h 03m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:54–18:54 (12 h 0 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.