LaayouneWestern Sahara
Current time in Laayoune, Western Sahara
Thursday, 3 September 2026
GMT+01:00UTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockLaayoune 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 Laayoune
Conditions near Laayoune and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Haze
- Feels like
- 23°C
- Humidity
- 83%
- Wind
- 15.1 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Dust storm21°C to 28°C21% chance of precipitationWind up to 27.7 km/h
- Severe sandstorm21°C to 29°C21% chance of precipitationWind up to 33.8 km/h
- Severe sandstorm22°C to 30°C19% chance of precipitationWind up to 42.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 10:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-03T09:24:41.204Z; refresh due by 2026-09-03T09:39:41.204Z.
Time-zone identity for Laayoune
- 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.
Laayoune 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 Laayoune
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 Laayoune
Location details for Laayoune in Western Sahara.
- Administrative area
- Western Sahara
- Population
- 196,331
- Coordinates
- 27.1418° N, 13.1880° W. The elevation is 68 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Laayoune
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Laayoune. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- El MarsaWestern Sahara23 km west
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - BoujdourWestern Sahara171 km southwest
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - DakhlaWestern Sahara474 km southwest
Africa/El_AaiunSame local time - RabatRabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco976 km northeast
Africa/CasablancaSame local time - NouakchottMauritania1,047 km south
Africa/Nouakchott1 hour behind - GibraltarGibraltar1,245 km northeast
Europe/Gibraltar1 hour ahead
Sources for Laayoune 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.
- 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.