N'DjamenaChad
Current time in N'Djamena, Chad
Thursday, 24 September 2026
West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockN'Djamena time at a glance
- Country
- Chad
- Location
- Capital city of Chad
- Time zone
Africa/Ndjamena- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
N'Djamena time guide
Does N'Djamena change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- West Africa Time (WAT), UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Ndjamena
- N'Djamena and London
- 1 hour ahead during GMT; same clock time during BST
- N'Djamena and New York
- 6 hours ahead during EST; 5 hours ahead during EDT
City and province
Census totals need their administrative boundary
Chad's official 2009 census publishes N'Djamena by arrondissement and as a first-level administrative area. Later projections and metropolitan estimates use different dates and boundaries, so they should not replace the census label silently.
Time-zone identity for N'Djamena
- IANA zone
Africa/Ndjamena- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
N'Djamena is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in N'Djamena
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 N'Djamena
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Ndjamena, 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 N'Djamena, capital of Chad
N'Djamena is the capital of Chad. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Chad
- Administrative area
- Chad
- Population
- 1,359,526
- Coordinates
- 12.1067° N, 15.0444° E. The elevation is 299 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near N'Djamena
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from N'Djamena. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MandeliaChari-Baguirmi, Chad47 km southeast
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time - MassaguetHadjer-Lamis, Chad59 km northeast
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time - DourbaliChari-Baguirmi, Chad96 km east
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time - MassakoryHadjer-Lamis, Chad124 km northeast
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time - GuelendengMayo-Kebbi Est, Chad143 km southeast
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time - BolLac, Chad155 km north
Africa/NdjamenaSame local time
Sources for N'Djamena 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.
- Second General Population and Housing CensusNational Institute of Statistics Chad (INSEED) · 2009 census · AccessedOfficial census documentation and arrondissement-level results.