MogadishuSomalia
Current time in Mogadishu, Somalia
Thursday, 24 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMogadishu time at a glance
- Country
- Somalia
- Location
- Capital city of Somalia
- Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Mogadishu time guide
Does Mogadishu change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Mogadishu and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Mogadishu and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
City and Banadir region
Current population work is still developing
Somalia's National Bureau of Statistics treats Banadir as the administrative geography containing Mogadishu and is developing a new population census. Older estimates should retain their source, year and boundary rather than being stated as a current city count.
Time-zone identity for Mogadishu
- IANA zone
Africa/Mogadishu- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Mogadishu is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Mogadishu
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 Mogadishu
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Mogadishu, 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 Mogadishu, capital of Somalia
Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Somalia
- Administrative area
- Banaadir, Somalia
- Population
- 2,587,183
- Coordinates
- 2.0371° N, 45.3438° E. The elevation is 12 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Mogadishu
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Mogadishu. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AfgooyeLower Shabeelle, Somalia27 km northwest
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - MarkaLower Shabeelle, Somalia73 km southwest
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - WanlaweynLower Shabeelle, Somalia82 km northwest
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - JawharMiddle Shabele, Somalia85 km north
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - QoryooleyLower Shabeelle, Somalia95 km west
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - BuurhakabaBay, Somalia164 km northwest
Africa/MogadishuSame local time
Sources for Mogadishu 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 and Housing CensusSomalia National Bureau of Statistics · Official census programme · AccessedOfficial description of census coverage including Banadir Regional Administration.