Current time in Gambia

Gambia

7:52 p.m.
March 3, 2026

Local time in Gambia

The time in Gambia is the same as in UTC and 5 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Gambia is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Gambia is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1942.

Details for the time in Gambia

Current time
7:52 p.m.
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
IANA time zone Africa/Banjul
Your time difference 5 hours ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference UTC+0
same time as UTC

Gambia Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Gambia is not using Daylight Saving Time.

Gambia

Gambia uses Greenwich Mean Time GMT. GMT is UTC +0000. Gambia's latitude and longitude is 13° 28' N and 15° 00' W. Therefore you would expect time in Gambia to be one hour behind UTC. This is not the case resulting in a late sunrise in Gambia. Due to its low latitude Gambia has no need for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Gambia

The current time in some important cities in Gambia is shown below.

Time in Gambia