DakhlaWestern Sahara
Current time in Dakhla, Western Sahara
Thursday, 3 September 2026
GMT+01:00UTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDakhla time at a glance
- Country
- Western Sahara
- Location
- City in Western Sahara
- Time zone
Africa/El_Aaiun- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Dakhla
Conditions near Dakhla and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 20°C
- Humidity
- 92%
- Wind
- 22.7 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0.1 mm
3-day forecast
- Dust storm20°C to 22°C63% chance of precipitationWind up to 34.9 km/h
- Dust storm21°C to 23°C31% chance of precipitationWind up to 45 km/h
- Sandstorm22°C to 23°C18% chance of precipitationWind up to 42.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 10:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-03T09:24:01.537Z; refresh due by 2026-09-03T09:39:01.537Z.
Time-zone identity for Dakhla
- IANA zone
Africa/El_Aaiun- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- Future clock changes are temporarily unavailable while updated rules for this location are being verified.
Dakhla is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Dakhla
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/El_Aaiun, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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Next 5 years
Future changes are temporarily unavailable while updated time-zone rules are being verified.
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.
Location context
About Dakhla
Location details for Dakhla in Western Sahara.
- Administrative area
- Western Sahara
- Population
- 106,277
- Coordinates
- 23.6848° N, 15.9580° W. The elevation is 6 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Dakhla
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Dakhla. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BoujdourWestern Sahara310 km northeast
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - El MarsaWestern Sahara457 km northeast
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - LaayouneWestern Sahara474 km northeast
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - NouakchottMauritania623 km south
Africa/Nouakchott1 hour behind - DakarSenegal1,012 km south
Africa/Dakar1 hour behind - BanjulGambia1,140 km south
Africa/Banjul1 hour behind
Sources for Dakhla time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.