Africa Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is currently used by two countries in Africa. Morocco which observes daylight saving time UTC/GMT + 1h year round, except during Ramadan, at which time the country will observe UTC/GMT + 0h. Egypt is observing daylight saving time again in 2023. Western Sahara observes time consistent with Morocco.
For more information about Africa daylight saving time usage, time zones and current times view the individual countries listed below.
Daylight Saving Time Usage in the Africa
COUNTRY | DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME USAGE |
Algeria | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Angola | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Benin | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Botswana | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Burkina Faso | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Burundi | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Cameroon | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Cape Verde | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Central African Republic | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Chad | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Comoros | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Congo Republic of | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Congo (DRC) | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Cote d'Ivoire | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Djibouti | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Egypt |
Egypt starts Daylight Saving Time on
Friday April 26, 2024 at 12:00 midnight local standard time.
Egypt ends Daylight Saving Time on
Friday November 1, 2024 at 12:00 midnight local daylight time. |
Equatorial Guinea | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Eritrea | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Eswatini | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Ethiopia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Gabon | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Gambia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Ghana | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Guinea Bissau | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Guinea | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Kenya | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Lesotho | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Liberia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Libya | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Madagascar | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Malawi | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Mali | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Mauritania | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Mauritius | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Mayotte | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Morocco |
The government of Morocco announced that effective October 27, 2018 the country would observe daylight saving time year round.
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Mozambique | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Namibia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Niger | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Nigeria | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Reunion | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Rwanda | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Saint Helena | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Sao Tome e Principe | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Senegal | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Seychelles | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Sierra Leone | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Somalia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
South Africa | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
South Sudan | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Sudan | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Swaziland | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Tanzania | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Togo | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Tunisia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Uganda | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Western Sahara |
Western Sahara observes year round daylight saving time GMT/UTC+1 except during the month of Ramadan.
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Zambia | Does not utilize daylight saving time |
Zimbabwe | Does not utilize daylight saving time |