Current time in Western Sahara
Local time in Western Sahara
The time in Western Sahara is 1 hour ahead of UTC and 5 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in Western Sahara
| Current time |
8:25 p.m.
|
| Timezone | Africa/El_Aaiun (+01) |
| Olson timezone name | Africa/El_Aaiun |
| Time difference | 5 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 1 hour ahead of UTC |
Western Sahara Daylight Saving time (DST)
Western Sahara uses Daylight Savings time. In the table below you can find out when DST begins and when DST ends in Western Sahara.
| DST Started 2022 | March 27, 2022 Forward 1 hour |
| DST Ends 2023 | April 30, 2023 Backward 1 hour |
| Next DST Start 2023 | March 19, 2023 Forward 1 hour |
Western Sahara
Western Sahara uses Western European Time WET and Western European Summer Time WEST. WET is UTC +0000 and WEST is UTC +0100. The Western Sahara consists mostly of desert flatland with few inhabitants. The longitude of the Western Sahara is 15° W. Therefore geographically in the wrong time zone. UTC -0100 would be better.