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Time in Laayoune, Western Sahara now

17:54:55

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 07:03 ↓ 20:35 (13h 31m) - More info - Make Laayoune time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Laayoune

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 7 February 2027: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Laayoune 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 Laayoune is Africa/El_Aaiun.

Sunday March 22 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday February 7 2027

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Laayoune

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Laayoune

Sunrise: 07:03
Sunset: 20:35
Day length: 13h 31m
Solar noon: 13:49
The current local time in Laayoune is 109 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Laayoune on the map

Laayoune is the capital of Western Sahara.
Latitude: 27.14. Longitude: -13.19
Population: 196,000

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10 places in
Western Sahara

Bir Ganduf Bir Ganduz Bu Craa Dakhla Daoura Dchira Foum el Oued Laayoune Smara Uad Damran