TunisTunisia
Current time in Tunis, Tunisia
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central European Standard TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockTunis time at a glance
- Country
- Tunisia
- Location
- Capital city of Tunisia
- Time zone
Africa/Tunis- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- CET
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Tunis time guide
Does Tunis change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Tunis
- Tunis and London
- 1 hour ahead during GMT; same clock time during BST
- Tunis and New York
- 6 hours ahead during EST; 5 hours ahead during EDT
Municipality, governorate and urban region
Greater Tunis crosses governorate boundaries
Tunisia's 2024 census publishes population by sector and governorate. Tunis municipality is only the central part of a continuous urban region extending into Ariana, Ben Arous and Manouba, so Greater Tunis is a different measure.
Time-zone identity for Tunis
- IANA zone
Africa/Tunis- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- CET
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Tunis is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Tunis
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 Tunis
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Tunis, 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 Tunis, capital of Tunisia
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Tunisia
- Administrative area
- Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
- Population
- 693,210
- Coordinates
- 36.8190° N, 10.1658° E. The elevation is 23 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Tunis
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Tunis. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Le BardoTunis Governorate, Tunisia2.9 km west
Africa/TunisSame local time - SejoumiTunis Governorate, Tunisia8.2 km southwest
Africa/TunisSame local time - MégrineTunis Governorate, Tunisia8.4 km southeast
Africa/TunisSame local time - La GouletteTunis Governorate, Tunisia13 km east
Africa/TunisSame local time - Le KramTunis Governorate, Tunisia14 km east
Africa/TunisSame local time - CarthageTunis Governorate, Tunisia15 km east
Africa/TunisSame local time
Sources for Tunis 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 Census 2024National Institute of Statistics Tunisia · 2024 census · AccessedOfficial detailed population data by sector and governorate.