Port LouisMauritius
Current time in Port Louis, Mauritius
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Mauritius Standard TimeUTC+04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPort Louis time at a glance
- Country
- Mauritius
- Location
- Capital city of Mauritius
- Time zone
Indian/Mauritius- UTC offset now
UTC+04:00- Current zone label
- GMT+4
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Port Louis time guide
Does Port Louis change its clocks?
UTC+04:00.- Year-round offset
- Mauritius Time (MUT), UTC+04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Indian/Mauritius
- Port Louis and London
- 4 hours ahead during GMT; 3 hours ahead during BST
- Port Louis and New York
- 9 hours ahead during EST; 8 hours ahead during EDT
City and district
Port Louis has both municipal and district boundaries
Mauritius' 2022 census reports population and commuting data for Port Louis district. The district and the municipal city are related but not interchangeable geographic units, particularly for daytime population comparisons.
Time-zone identity for Port Louis
- IANA zone
Indian/Mauritius- UTC offset now
- UTC+04:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+4
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Port Louis is currently 4 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Port Louis
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 Port Louis
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Indian/Mauritius, 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 Port Louis, capital of Mauritius
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Mauritius
- Administrative area
- Mauritius
- Population
- 155,226
- Coordinates
- 20.1619° S, 57.4989° E. The elevation is 3 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Port Louis
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Port Louis. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Le HochetPamplemousses, Mauritius4.2 km northeast
Indian/MauritiusSame local time - Baie du TombeauPamplemousses, Mauritius4.8 km north
Indian/MauritiusSame local time - Saint PierreMoka, Mauritius7.6 km southeast
Indian/MauritiusSame local time - Beau Bassin-Rose HillPlaines Wilhems, Mauritius8.6 km southwest
Indian/MauritiusSame local time - Quatre BornesPlaines Wilhems, Mauritius12 km south
Indian/MauritiusSame local time - TrioletPamplemousses, Mauritius13 km northeast
Indian/MauritiusSame local time
Sources for Port Louis 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.
- 2022 Population Census - Main ResultsStatistics Mauritius · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial census results including district population and commuting patterns.