Current Time in Senegal
Senegal 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 Senegal
It's 7:03 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Senegal on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Senegal does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- IANA: Africa/Dakar
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00 (GMT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+0 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
Dakar
Touba
Pikine
Guédiawaye
How Senegal writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD-MM-YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25-11-2026 · 25 Nowàmbar, 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 wo-SN locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Senegal
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Senegal time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | Same time | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 8 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 4 h ahead | 4 h (09:00–13:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 11 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
Senegal at a glance
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 18,593,258
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
Questions about time in Senegal
- What time is it in Senegal right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:03 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Senegal.
- How many time zones does Senegal have?
- Senegal uses one time zone, Greenwich Mean Time (IANA ID Africa/Dakar).
- Does Senegal observe daylight saving time?
- No. Senegal does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.