Time Zone Map of Africa | Time Zones in Africa

The Time Zone Map of Africa shows the time zone divisions observed on the African continent including outlying islands. The countries of Africa are used one Standard Time throughout the year.

There are a few exceptions: Canary Islands (Spain), Ceuta (Spain), Egypt, Madeira (Portugal), Melilla (Spain), Morocco, and Namibia all observe Daylight Savings Time.

The Time Zone Map of Africa has 4 major time zones, including East Africa Time (EAT, UTC +3), Central Africa Time (CAT, UTC +2), and West Africa Time (WAT, UTC +1), Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Most African countries do not observe daylight saving times.

Africa Time Zones List

Abbreviation	Full name	Other abbreviations	Timezone
CAT	Central Africa Time		UTC + 2 hours
CET	Central European Time	MEZ	UTC + 1 hour
CVT	Cape Verde Time		UTC – 1 hour
EAT	Eastern Africa Time		UTC + 3 hours
EEST	Eastern European Summer Time		UTC + 3 hours
EET	Eastern European Time		UTC + 2 hours
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time		UTC
MUT	Mauritius Time		UTC + 4 hours
RET	Reunion Time		UTC + 4 hours
SAST	South Africa Standard Time		UTC + 2 hours
SCT	Seychelles Time		UTC + 4 hours
WAST	West Africa Summer Time		UTC + 2 hours
WAT	West Africa Time		UTC + 1 hour
WEST	Western European Summer Time	WESZ	UTC + 1 hour
WET	Western European Time		UTC
WST	Western Sahara Summer Time		UTC + 1 hour
WT	Western Sahara Standard Time		UTC

Africa Time Zones Map

Time Zone	Countries
UTC+1	Western Sahara
UTC+2	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa (western part), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Tunisia
UTC+3	Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
UTC+3:30	Iran (disputed)
UTC+4	Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles
UTC+5	Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Kerguelen Islands
UTC+6	British Indian Ocean Territory

✅How Many Time Zones in Africa

The six African time zones are Mauritius and Seychelles Time (UTC/GMT+4), East Africa Time (UTC/GMT+3), Central Africa Time (UTC/GMT+2), West Africa Time (UTC/GMT+1), Greenwich Mean Time (UTC/GMT), and Cape Verde Time (UTC-1).

✅What Country Has the Most Time Zones?

France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica). Many countries have daylight saving time, one added hour during the local summer, but this list does not include that information.

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(UTC/GMT -1) Cape Verde Time Zone. (UTC/GMT +0) Greenwich Mean Time Zone, Western European Time Zone, and Western Sahara Time Zone. (UTC/GMT +1) Central European Time Zone and West Africa Time Zone. (UTC/GMT +2 ) Central Africa Time Zone, Eastern European Time Zone, and South Africa Time Zone. (UTC/GMT +3) East Africa Time Zone. (UTC/GMT +4) Mauritius Time Zone, Reunion Time Zone, and Seychelles Time Zone.

The government of Morocco announced that effective October 27, 2018, the country will observe daylight saving time year-round UTC/GMT + 1h year-round except during Ramadan when the country will observe UTC/GMT + 0h.

The king of Swaziland announced in 2018 that the country has been renamed eSwatini which means "land of the Swazis". This change had no impact on the country's time observance.

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