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Time in Morocco now

12:04PMUTC+0

UTC+0+5 h vs New York (you)Africa/Casablanca

No clock changes: Morocco stays on UTC+0 all year.

Time zone in Morocco

Morocco uses a single time zone: UTC+0 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Its clocks show UTC itself, the time scale every other zone is defined against; Morocco is on UTC+0.

Rabat lies at 6.8° west, where mean solar time is UTC−0:27 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 27 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:27 PM.

Daylight saving time in Morocco

No, not any more. Morocco’s last clock change was on Sunday, September 20, 2026, when clocks went back to UTC+0. The current tzdata release (2026f) lists no further changes, so Morocco now keeps UTC+0 all year.

Clock history of Morocco

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−0:30 in Casablanca), which ended on October 26, 1913, when UTC+0 replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 21 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1939. The table summarises the clocks of Morocco year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Casablanca.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–1973UTC+0 all year—
1974UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer—
1975UTC+0 all year—
1976–1978UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer—
1979–1983UTC+0 all year—
1984UTC+0 until March 16, then UTC+1—
1985UTC+1 all year—
1986–2007UTC+0 all year—
2008–2012UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer—
2013–2015mostly UTC+0; also UTC+1 for part of the year—
2016–2018UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer—
2019–2026mostly UTC+1; also UTC+0 for part of the year—
2027 onwardUTC+0 all year—

Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, June 17, 2018, from UTC+0 to UTC+1; Sunday, September 20, 2026, from UTC+1 to UTC+0.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Morocco time

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Time difference between Morocco and major cities

CityLocal time nowMorocco vs city nowJanuaryJulyOffice overlap Jan / Jul
New York 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 +5 h +5 h +4 h 3 h / 4 h
Los Angeles 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 +8 h +8 h +7 h none / 1 h
London 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 +0 h 0 h −1 h 8 h / 7 h
Berlin 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 −1 h −1 h −2 h 7 h / 6 h
Dubai 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 −4 h −4 h −4 h 4 h / 4 h
New Delhi 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 −5 h 30 min −5 h 30 min −5 h 30 min 2 h 30 min / 2 h 30 min
Singapore 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 −8 h −8 h −8 h none / none
Beijing 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 −8 h −8 h −8 h none / none
Tokyo 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 −9 h −9 h −9 h none / none

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Morocco’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Morocco overlaps New York’s for 3 h in January (2:00 PM–5:00 PM Morocco time), 4 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Morocco it is 4:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Morocco overlaps New Delhi’s for 2 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–11:30 AM Morocco time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Morocco it is 2:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Rabat and the difference now.

CityDistanceTime nowTheir clock vs here
Gibraltar Gibraltar 270 km 1:04 PM CET +1 h
Lisbon Portugal 560 km 12:04 PM WET +0 h
Algiers Algeria 950 km 1:04 PM CET +1 h
Tripoli Libya 1,860 km 2:04 PM EET +2 h

Same clock as Morocco

These places keep exactly the same time as Morocco all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Abidjan, Africa/Bissau, Africa/El_Aaiun, Africa/Monrovia, Africa/Sao_Tome and 1 more).

Cities in Morocco

Morocco at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Morocco now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Morocco is on UTC+0 all year, 5 hours ahead of New York in January and 4 hours ahead of New York in July.
What time zone is Morocco in?
Morocco uses UTC+0 all year. Its IANA time zone ID is Africa/Casablanca.

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