African Time Zones
Africa spans 5 main time zones from UTC+0 (West Africa) to UTC+3 (East Africa). Unlike most world regions, Africa almost entirely forgoes daylight saving time — only Morocco adjusts its clocks seasonally, and even then on an irregular schedule tied to Ramadan.
Time Zones in Africa
West Africa Time (WAT)
No DST
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, DRC (west), Republic of Congo
Central Africa Time (CAT)
No DST
DRC (east), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Burundi, Rwanda
East Africa Time (EAT)
No DST
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
No DST (Morocco shifts to UTC+1 in summer)
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Gambia, Morocco (winter), Liberia
South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
No DST
South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland
Does Africa Use Daylight Saving Time?
Africa is the world's most DST-free continent. Nearly all 54 African nations use a fixed UTC offset year-round, which simplifies scheduling across the continent's 3 billion+ annual business interactions.
Morocco is the notable exception, observing Western European Summer Time (UTC+1) from late March to late October — but it suspends DST during Ramadan (reverting to UTC+0) regardless of the calendar date, making its offset unpredictable without checking current rules.
Egypt previously observed DST but permanently abolished it in 2011. South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and all other major African economies operate on fixed offsets, making Africa more predictable for international scheduling than Europe or the Americas.