Current local time in Mauritania
Mauritania has one time zone: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), UTC+0. The current time in 26 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Nouakchott (capital)
GMT
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+0
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Continent
- Africa
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 5,315,065
- Area
- 1,030,700 km²
- Currency
- Ouguiya (MRU)
- Languages
- Arabic, Fula, Soninke, French
- Dialling code
- +222
- Internet domain
- .mr
Time zone in Mauritania
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Nouakchott |
|---|---|---|
| NouakchottGMT (Greenwich Mean Time) · Africa/Nouakchott | Tue 8:57 AM | Same time |
Current local time in 26 cities in Mauritania
Every city in Mauritania with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- AkjoujtTue 8:57 AM
- AlegTue 8:57 AM
- AtarTue 8:57 AM
- Ayoun El AtrousTue 8:57 AM
- BoguéTue 8:57 AM
- BougadoumTue 8:57 AM
- BoutilimittTue 8:57 AM
- Dar NaimTue 8:57 AM
- El ’AyoûnTue 8:57 AM
- ElghabraTue 8:57 AM
- GuerouTue 8:57 AM
- KaédiTue 8:57 AM
- KiffaTue 8:57 AM
- KsarTue 8:57 AM
- Magṭa‘ LaḥjarTue 8:57 AM
- MberaTue 8:57 AM
- NémaTue 8:57 AM
- NouadhibouTue 8:57 AM
- NouakchottTue 8:57 AM
- RossoTue 8:57 AM
- SélibabyTue 8:57 AM
- TékaneTue 8:57 AM
- TembedghaTue 8:57 AM
- Tevragh ZeinaTue 8:57 AM
- ṬinṭâneTue 8:57 AM
- ZouératTue 8:57 AM
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Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Every city in Mauritania keeps the same time.
One. All of Mauritania is on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Africa/Nouakchott).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+0 all year.
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.