Daylight saving time in Africa

Daylight saving time in Africa
Time zones of Africa:
black UTC-1: Cape Verde Time.
green UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time.
blue UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time · Western European Summer Time.
red UTC+2: Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South African Standard Time.
yellow UTC+3: Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time.
grey UTC+4: Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time.
Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving

The only African countries and regions which use daylight saving time are:

  • Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla (Spain) From the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October and UTC+1.[1]
  • Madeira (Portugal) From the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October and UTC.[2]
  • Morocco From 31st of July to 2nd of April and UTC+1.
  • Namibia From the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April and UTC+2.

References

  1. ^ Although these regions politically belong to Spain in Europe, they are geographically part of or lying off the coast of Africa. They have DST schedules according to EU rules.
  2. ^ Although Madeira politically belongs to Portugal in Europe, they are geographically part and lying off the coast of Africa. They have DST schedules according to EU rules.

See also

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Sovereign
states
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
  • Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
  • Madeira (Portugal)
  • Mayotte / Réunion (France)
  • Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
  • Western Sahara

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