Indexed entity
Mogadishu is the mogadishu-SO record in Somalia: country slug somalia, city slug mogadishu, ISO SO, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Mogadishu.
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Live local time
Mogadishu, Somalia
01:44:38 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Mogadishu
Quick answer
It is currently 01:44:38 PM (EAT, UTC+03:00) in Mogadishu, Somalia — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
28°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
30°C
26°C
79% rain
Wed
29°C
24°C
92% rain
Thu
30°C
26°C
34% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
SOS
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:49 AM
Sunset
06:03 PM
Day length
12h 14m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Mogadishu, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:44 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:44:38 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
EAT
Africa/Mogadishu · UTC+03:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Mogadishu right now
Nearest airport
MGQ
Aden Adde International Airport · 5 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Somalia
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Mogadishu, Somalia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:44 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Mogadishu is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+03:00
Zone label
GMT+3
London
11:44 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:44 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
MGQ Mogadishu, 5 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:49 AM to 06:03 PM, with solar noon around 11:56 AM and total daylight of 12h 14m.
Mapped location
2.04°N, 45.34°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:44 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Mogadishu right now.
New York
06:44 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:44 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Mogadishu right now.
Singapore
06:44 PM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Mogadishu.
MGQ · Aden Adde International Airport
Mogadishu
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Mogadishu for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+03:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+03:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Mogadishu right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: MGQ Mogadishu, 5 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Mogadishu. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Mogadishu has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Mogadishu.
Canonical route
/time/somalia/mogadishu/
Catalog identity
mogadishu-SO · SO · Africa
Coordinate cell
2.04°N, 45.34°E · lat 2.037 · lon 45.344 · cell 204:4534
Population record
2,587,183 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Africa/Mogadishu · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Hargeysa, Somalia · 848 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 2,787 km
Closest airport references
MGQ Mogadishu 5 km
Zone peer roster
Borama, Somalia · Hargeysa, Somalia · Berbera, Somalia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Mogadishu: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Mogadishu is the mogadishu-SO record in Somalia: country slug somalia, city slug mogadishu, ISO SO, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Mogadishu.
2.04°N, 45.34°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 2 and longitude band 45; exact decimal pair 2.03711, 45.34375.
Somalia: official name Federal Republic of Somalia; capital Mogadishu; region Africa; subregion Eastern Africa; country population 19,655,000; area 637,657 km²; languages Arabic, Somali; currencies SOS Somali shilling. This is the country layer behind the Mogadishu clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Somalia: Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of more than 18 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. As one of Africa's most ethnically homogenous countries, around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis. The official and national language of the country is Somali while Arabic is recognised as a second language. The overwhelming majority of the population are Sunni Muslims. Source: Wikipedia.
Hargeysa [hargeysa-SO, SO, Africa/Mogadishu, 848 km]; Jijiga [jijiga-ET, ET, Africa/Addis_Ababa, 860 km]; Borama [borama-SO, SO, Africa/Mogadishu, 910 km]; Mombasa [mombasa-KE, KE, Africa/Nairobi, 926 km]; Berbera [berbera-SO, SO, Africa/Mogadishu, 935 km]; Nairobi [nairobi-KE, KE, Africa/Nairobi, 1017 km]; Ali Sabih [ali-sabih-DJ, DJ, Africa/Djibouti, 1055 km]; Dikhil [dikhil-DJ, DJ, Africa/Djibouti, 1060 km]
Mogadishu is part of this indexed country cluster: Mogadishu [mogadishu-SO, Africa/Mogadishu, pop 2,587,183]; Borama [borama-SO, Africa/Mogadishu, pop 597,842]; Hargeysa [hargeysa-SO, Africa/Mogadishu, pop 477,876]; Berbera [berbera-SO, Africa/Mogadishu, pop 242,344].
Dubai 2,787 km; Singapore 6,500 km; London 6,933 km; Tokyo 10,264 km; São Paulo 10,299 km; Sydney 11,595 km; New York 12,273 km; Los Angeles 15,650 km
MGQ Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu [SO, 5 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include MGQ Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu [SO].
Mogadishu renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:44 GMT+3; GMT+3 at UTC+03:00; January UTC+03:00; July UTC+03:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Mogadishu.
Mogadishu is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained Somalia city pages. The route is /time/somalia/mogadishu/ and the city id is mogadishu-SO.
Mogadishu has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Mogadishu is pinned at 2.04°N, 45.34°E; Hargeysa (848 km); Dubai (2,787 km).
Africa/Mogadishu resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Somalia.
MGQ Aden Adde International Airport (5 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 1 country airport reference · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Mogadishu uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Mogadishu: Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 4,126,815.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Mogadishu is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Mogadishu sits at 2.04°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mogadishu sits at 2.04°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 2.6 million residents in the city proper.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
May 27 (12h 14m)
Shortest day
Jan 1 (12h 0m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 14m
See the full daylight curve for Mogadishu at /sun/mogadishu/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Mogadishu local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Mogadishu |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 06:30 - 14:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 03:00 - 11:00 |
Capital status
National capital of Somalia
Mogadishu, known locally as Xamar, is the capital and largest city of Somalia, a coastal city on the Indian Ocean in the Banaadir region with an urban population estimated in the millions. East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3) is the country's fixed civil time, with no daylight saving. Mogadishu is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on the East African coast, serving for centuries as a major port in Indian Ocean trade networks and reaching the height of its prosperity in the 14th and 15th centuries. It became the capital of Italian Somaliland and then of independent Somalia in 1960; despite decades of conflict and instability, it remains the country's principal commercial centre and the seat of the federal government.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Mogadishu's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:44:38 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Mogadishu (UTC+03:00, EAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:49 AM to 06:03 PM
Day length 12h 14m · Solar noon 11:56 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Mogadishu local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
2.6M
Coordinates
2.04, 45.34
Timezone
Africa/Mogadishu
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Mogadishu
Languages
Arabic, Somali
Currency
SOS (Sh)
Country area
637,657 km²
Mogadishu, Somalia (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Mogadishu (EAT, UTC+03:00); population ~2.6M.
Coordinates: 2.04°N, 45.34°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~226 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:49 AM and sets around 06:03 PM in Mogadishu — about 12h 14m of daylight. Somalia stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Hargeysa (848 km from Mogadishu) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Somalia.
Mogadishu is indexed as a Africa city in the SO country record, using Africa/Mogadishu as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/somalia/mogadishu/.
Location context: 2.04°N, 45.34°E; population 2,587,183; nearest indexed city Hargeysa is about 848 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 2,787 km away.
Country planning context: capital Mogadishu; subregion Eastern Africa; languages Arabic, Somali; currency SOS (Sh); area 637,657 km²; 1 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Mogadishu is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Mogadishu sits at 2.04°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 2.6 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Mogadishu: Borama (same time), San Francisco (−10h), Los Angeles (−10h), Singapore (+5h), Mumbai (+2.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
somalia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
EAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Mogadishu
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Mogadishu.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Mogadishu: closest hubs Dubai (~2,787 km), Singapore (~6,500 km), London (~6,933 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~15,650 km).
Mogadishu sits inside Somalia — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Mogadishu, languages Arabic, Somali, currency SOS (Sh).
Closest indexed cities to Mogadishu: Hargeysa (848 km), Jijiga (860 km), Borama (910 km), Mombasa (926 km).
Closest curated airport references from Mogadishu: MGQ Mogadishu (5 km).
Aden Adde International AirportMGQ
Mogadishu · 5 km from Mogadishu
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:44 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:44 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:44 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:44 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:44 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:44 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:44 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:44 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Mogadishu is in the Africa/Mogadishu timezone (EAT), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Mogadishu does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+03:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Mogadishu is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Mogadishu, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 13:44 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Mogadishu sits at 2.04°N, 45.34°E in Somalia, with about 2.6M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Mogadishu is Dubai, about 2,787 km away as the crow flies.
Hargeysa is the closest indexed city, roughly 848 km from Mogadishu.
Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 5 km from Mogadishu.
Mogadishu uses Somali shilling (SOS, symbol Sh) as the local currency of Somalia.
The longest day of 2026 in Mogadishu falls on May 27 with about 12h 14m of daylight. The shortest is Jan 1 with 12h 0m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Mogadishu local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 16:00-00:00 (next day); London 11:00-19:00; Frankfurt 10:00-18:00; Dubai 08:00-16:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.