Africa/El_Aaiun Time Zone Identifier

Africa/El_Aaiun is a time zone identifier used in Western Sahara and is the only identifier used in the country. The identifier belongs to the Western European time zone WET and WEST and has a UTC/GMT offset of +00:00 for standard time and +01:00 for observing summer time. Coordinates are 27.15 N and -13.2 W.

Current Time:
Friday April 19th 10:31pm
UTC/GMT Offset: +01:00
Observing Summer Time: Yes
Time Zone Abbreviation:WEST
Time Zone Name:Western European Summer Time
Time Zone:Western European
Latitude:27.15
Longitude:-13.2
Latitude DMS:27°9'0"N
Longitude DMS:13°12'0"W
Country:Western Sahara
Continent:Africa
UTM Easting:678,367.02
UTM Northing:3,004,328.09
UTM Zone:28R

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Below you will find the standard time to summer time transition dates. Note that past dates are shown even if summer time is no longer observed.

Year: WEST Begins: WEST Ends:
2026 Sunday March 29th at 2:00am Sunday October 25th at 3:00am
2025 Sunday April 6th at 2:00am Sunday October 26th at 3:00am
2024 Sunday April 14th at 2:00am Sunday October 27th at 3:00am
2023 Sunday April 23rd at 2:00am Sunday October 29th at 3:00am
2022 Sunday May 8th at 2:00am Sunday October 30th at 3:00am

Cities observing same time as Africa/El_Aaiun:

  • Dakhla, CE Western Sahara
  • Smara, CE Western Sahara

*Note that the above list only includes a few cities and that there may be more. Also note that the time zone identifier displayed may differ if it has the same offset and DST.

Nearby Time Zone Identifiers
Africa/Casablanca (901.3 Km NE)Africa/Ceuta (1224.6 Km NE)
Africa/Nouakchott (1045.3 Km SSW)Atlantic/Canary (241.2 Km WNW)
Atlantic/Madeira (706.4 Km NNW)Europe/Gibraltar (1244.3 Km NE)