Current Time in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Equatorial Guinea
It's 8:03 PM WAT (UTC+01:00) in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Equatorial Guinea does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+1 all year.
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Malabo
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 (WAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+1 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Bata
Malabo
Ebebiyin
How Equatorial Guinea writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 de noviembre de 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the es-GQ locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Equatorial Guinea
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Equatorial Guinea time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 1 h behind | 7 h (10:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 9 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 3 h ahead | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 10 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 4 h behind | 4 h (13:00–17:00) |
Equatorial Guinea at a glance
- Capital
- Ciudad de la Paz
- Population
- 1,668,768
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Questions about time in Equatorial Guinea
- What time is it in Equatorial Guinea right now?
- When this page was generated it was 8:03 PM WAT (UTC+01:00) in Equatorial Guinea.
- How many time zones does Equatorial Guinea have?
- Equatorial Guinea uses one time zone, West Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Malabo).
- Does Equatorial Guinea observe daylight saving time?
- No. Equatorial Guinea does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+1 all year.