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Time.is

Time in Dakhla, Western Sahara now

04:28:23PM

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Dakhla switches to GMT at 03:00AM on Sunday, February 15. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 08:39AM ↓ 07:57PM (11h 18m) - More info - Make Dakhla time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Dakhla

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 15 February 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
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 April 6 2025

Latest change: Standard time started

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

Sunday February 15 2026

Next change: GMT starts

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

Time difference
from Dakhla

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 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	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Dakhla

Sunrise: 08:39AM
Sunset: 07:57PM
Day length: 11h 18m
Solar noon: 02:18PM
The current local time in Dakhla is 138 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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