Time zone in Dakar
Dakar is located in Senegal and uses the Africa/Dakar time zone (Greenwich Mean Time). Its current offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC±0 (GMT).
Dakar does not observe daylight saving time: the time is UTC±0 all year round.
Today in Dakar the sun rises at 07:07 and sets at 18:39 (local time), giving 11 h 31 min of daylight. Approximate coordinates: 14.72° N, 17.47° W.
Compared with London, the time difference with Dakar is currently 0 h (the same time).
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