NouakchottMauritania
Current time in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
⛶ Full-screen clockNouakchott time at a glance
- Country
- Mauritania
- Location
- Capital city of Mauritania
- Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott- UTC offset now
UTC+00:00- Current zone label
- GMT
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Nouakchott time guide
Does Nouakchott change its clocks?
UTC+00:00.- Year-round offset
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+00:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Nouakchott and London
- Same clock time during GMT; 1 hour behind during BST
- Nouakchott and New York
- 5 hours ahead during EST; 4 hours ahead during EDT
Capital split across three regions
Modern Nouakchott spans North, West and South
Mauritania's 2023 census counted 1,446,761 people across Nouakchott North, West and South combined. Each region has its own published total, so comparisons should specify whether they use one region or the full capital.
Time-zone identity for Nouakchott
- IANA zone
Africa/Nouakchott- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Current zone label
- GMT
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Nouakchott is currently the same clock time as UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Nouakchott
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 Nouakchott
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Nouakchott, 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 Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Mauritania
- Administrative area
- Mauritania
- Population
- 1,184,530
- Coordinates
- 18.0858° N, 15.9785° W. The elevation is 10 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Nouakchott
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Nouakchott. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Tevragh ZeinaNouakchott West, Mauritania1.8 km northwest
Africa/NouakchottSame local time - KsarNouakchott West, Mauritania2.7 km northeast
Africa/NouakchottSame local time - Dar NaimNouakchott North, Mauritania6 km northeast
Africa/NouakchottSame local time - BoutilimittTrarza, Mauritania148 km southeast
Africa/NouakchottSame local time - RossoTrarza, Mauritania176 km south
Africa/NouakchottSame local time - TékaneTrarza, Mauritania178 km south
Africa/NouakchottSame local time
Sources for Nouakchott 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.
- General Report of the Fifth Population and Housing CensusNational Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis (ANSADE) · 2023 census · AccessedOfficial population totals for the three Nouakchott regions and their combined area.