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Time in Dakhla, Western Sahara now

01:12:26AM

Monday, February 16, 2026

Innovation Day

Dakhla switched to GMT at 03:00AM on Sunday, February 15. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:36AM ↓ 07:00PM (11h 24m) - More info - Make Dakhla time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Dakhla

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 22 March 2026: UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT)
The time in Dakhla can be either 4, 5 or 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, depending on the time of the year.
Latest time zone news: Morocco will return to UTC +1 earlier than expected
The IANA time zone identifier for Dakhla is Africa/El_Aaiun.

Sunday February 15 2026

Latest change: GMT started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 22 2026

Next change: Standard time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / West Africa Time (WAT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Dakhla

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Dakhla

Sunrise: 07:36AM
Sunset: 07:00PM
Day length: 11h 24m
Solar noon: 01:18PM
The current local time in Dakhla is 78 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Dakhla on the map

Location: Western Sahara
Latitude: 23.685. Longitude: -15.958
Population: 75,000

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