Equatorial Guinea
Time now in Equatorial Guinea
Sunrise 06:16Sunset 06:26Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Africa/Malabo
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,308,974
Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
06:26
Day length
12h 10m
Coordinates
1.70, 10.50
Time difference from Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea on the map
About the time in Equatorial Guinea
The zone identifier Africa/Malabo is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Africa/Malabo keeps pointing at Malabo time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Equatorial Guinea runs on Africa/Malabo, which puts the city UTC +1 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Equatorial Guinea day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 08:00–16:00 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Equatorial Guinea
- When do the sun rise and set in Equatorial Guinea today?
- Sunrise is at 06:16 and sunset at 06:26, giving 12h 10m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Equatorial Guinea in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Equatorial Guinea runs from 08:00–16:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Malabo, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Equatorial Guinea right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Equatorial Guinea, updating every second from Africa/Malabo (UTC +1).
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