Current Time in Mauritania
Mauritania uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Mauritania
It's 7:04 AM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Mauritania on Sunday, 15 November 2026.
Mauritania does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- IANA: Africa/Nouakchott
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00 (GMT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+0 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Nouakchott
Nouadhibou
Kiffa
Dar Naim
How Mauritania writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · ٢٥ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٦
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 م
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the ar-MR locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Mauritania
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Mauritania time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Sun 7:04 AM | Same time | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
| New York | Sun 2:04 AM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Sat 11:04 PM | 8 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Sun 11:04 AM | 4 h ahead | 4 h (09:00–13:00) |
| Singapore | Sun 3:04 PM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Tokyo | Sun 4:04 PM | 9 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Sun 6:04 PM | 11 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Sun 4:04 AM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
Mauritania at a glance
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Population
- 4,927,532
- Currency
- Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU)
Questions about time in Mauritania
- What time is it in Mauritania right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:04 AM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Mauritania.
- How many time zones does Mauritania have?
- Mauritania uses one time zone, Greenwich Mean Time (IANA ID Africa/Nouakchott).
- Does Mauritania observe daylight saving time?
- No. Mauritania does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.