AlgiersAlgeria
Current time in Algiers, Algeria
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central European Standard TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAlgiers time at a glance
- Country
- Algeria
- Location
- Capital city of Algeria
- Time zone
Africa/Algiers- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- CET
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Algiers time guide
Does Algiers change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- Central European Time, UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Algiers
- Algiers and London
- 1 hour ahead during GMT; the same clock time during BST
- Algiers and New York
- 6 hours ahead of EST; 5 hours ahead of EDT
Municipality, urban area and wilaya
Algiers Province contains many communes
Algeria’s national statistics publish census population by commune and wilaya. The commune of Algiers, its continuous urban area and the broader Algiers wilaya are different statistical boundaries and should not share an unlabeled population figure.
Time-zone identity for Algiers
- IANA zone
Africa/Algiers- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- CET
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Algiers is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Algiers
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Algiers
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Algiers, 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 Algiers, capital of Algeria
Algiers is the capital of Algeria. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Algeria
- Administrative area
- Algeria
- Population
- 2,364,230
- Coordinates
- 36.7323° N, 3.0875° E. The elevation is 113 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Algiers
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Algiers. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BirkhademAlgiers, Algeria3.8 km southwest
Africa/AlgiersSame local time - SaoulaAlgiers, Algeria6.4 km southwest
Africa/AlgiersSame local time - BarakiAlgiers, Algeria7.3 km south
Africa/AlgiersSame local time - Bab EzzouarAlgiers, Algeria8.5 km east
Africa/AlgiersSame local time - Bordj el KiffanAlgiers, Algeria9.5 km east
Africa/AlgiersSame local time - Dar el BeïdaAlgiers, Algeria11 km east
Africa/AlgiersSame local time
Sources for Algiers 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 by commune of residenceNational Office of Statistics of Algeria · 2008 general population census tables · AccessedOfficial commune- and wilaya-level census tables for Algeria.