Senegal
Time now in Dakar Department
Sunrise 06:56Sunset 07:29Time zone UTC +0
Time zone
Africa/Dakar
UTC offset
UTC +0
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,278,469
Sunrise
06:56
Sunset
07:29
Day length
12h 33m
Coordinates
14.71, -17.46
Time difference from Dakar Department
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Dakar Department right now.
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About the time in Dakar Department
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Dakar Department day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 09:00–17:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
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 (14.71, -17.46) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Dakar Department.
Dakar Department 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Dakar Department
- What time is it in Dakar Department right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Dakar Department, updating every second from Africa/Dakar (UTC +0).
- Which time zone is Dakar Department in?
- Dakar Department uses Africa/Dakar, currently UTC +0.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Dakar, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Does Dakar Department change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Dakar Department keeps UTC +0 throughout the year.
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