Current time in Dakar, Senegal
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Dakar
- 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
- Senegal (capital) · 14.69° N, 17.44° W
- Population
- 2,646,503
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Dakar at about 13:10 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 10 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 12:53 and 13:24 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:13 | 19:20 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:41 | 19:41 | 13h 00m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:58 | 19:05 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:30 | 18:45 | 11h 16m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:59–19:00 (12 h 1 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.