Senegal
Time now in Dakar
Sunrise 06:56Sunset 07:29Time zone UTC +0
Time zone
Africa/Dakar
UTC offset
UTC +0
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
2,646,503
Sunrise
06:56
Sunset
07:29
Day length
12h 33m
Coordinates
14.69, -17.44
Time difference from Dakar
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Dakar right now.
Dakar on the map
About the time in Dakar
Clocks in Dakar stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +0 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Senegal.
Dakar runs on Africa/Dakar, which puts the city UTC +0 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Sunrise today lands at 06:56 and sunset at 07:29 local time, giving 12h 33m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (14.69, -17.44) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Dakar.
Frequently asked questions about time in Dakar
- What are normal business hours in Dakar in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Dakar runs from 09:00–17:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Dakar?
- Dakar is UTC +0 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Dakar change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Dakar keeps UTC +0 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Dakar right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Dakar, updating every second from Africa/Dakar (UTC +0).
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