Current Time in Somalia
Somalia 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 Somalia
It's 10:03 PM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Somalia on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Somalia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Mogadishu
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 (EAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+3 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
Mogadishu
Borama
Hargeysa
Berbera
How Somalia writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · Noofeembar 25, 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 GD
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the so-SO locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Somalia
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Somalia time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Somalia at a glance
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Population
- 19,655,000
- Currency
- Somali shilling (SOS)
Questions about time in Somalia
- What time is it in Somalia right now?
- When this page was generated it was 10:03 PM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Somalia.
- How many time zones does Somalia have?
- Somalia uses one time zone, East Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Mogadishu).
- Does Somalia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Somalia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.