Africa/Dakar Time Zone

Africa/Dakar is Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+00:00. The clock below shows the time there now.

Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00Local time nowAfrica/Dakar
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Dakar and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
Africa/Dakar
Coordinates (central point)
14.466418, -14.757899

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Largest cities on this clock

Dakar, Touba, Thiès, Kaolack, Rufisque, Mbour, Saint-Louis, and Ziguinchor, in Senegal, keep Greenwich Mean Time, the time shown above.

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year).

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. Senegal15,854,360 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Africa/Banjul115 mi southwest
  2. Africa/Bissau200 mi south
  3. Africa/Conakry465 mi southeast
  4. Africa/Nouakchott499 mi northeast
  5. Africa/Bamako955 mi east
  6. Etc/GMT+1sea area

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.