DjiboutiDjibouti
Current time in Djibouti, Djibouti
Friday, 25 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDjibouti time at a glance
- Country
- Djibouti
- Location
- Capital city of Djibouti
- Time zone
Africa/Djibouti- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Djibouti time guide
Does Djibouti change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Djibouti
- Djibouti and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Djibouti and New York
- 8 hours ahead of EST; 7 hours ahead of EDT
Capital city and region
Djibouti names both the country and its capital
Djibouti’s 2024 census counted 1,066,809 people nationwide. The capital also forms a distinct administrative region, so national, regional and urban-settlement figures should be clearly labeled rather than presented as the same population.
Time-zone identity for Djibouti
- IANA zone
Africa/Djibouti- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Djibouti is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Djibouti
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Djibouti
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Djibouti, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Djibouti, capital of Djibouti
Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Djibouti
- Administrative area
- Djibouti
- Population
- 626,512
- Coordinates
- 11.5890° N, 43.1450° E. The elevation is 6 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Djibouti
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Djibouti. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BalbalaDjibouti, Djibouti5.2 km southwest
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time - ArtaDjibouti33 km west
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time - TadjouraTadjourah, Djibouti36 km northwest
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time - ObockDjibouti45 km north
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time - Ali SabihAli Sabieh, Djibouti67 km southwest
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time - DikhilDjibouti100 km southwest
Africa/DjiboutiSame local time
Sources for Djibouti time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Population, latest available census and estimatesUnited Nations Statistics Division · 2024 census reference · AccessedInternational statistical record of Djibouti’s official 2024 census total.