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Time in Tunisia now

1:05PMCET

CETUTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Africa/Tunis

No clock changes: Tunisia stays on CET (UTC+1) all year.

Time zone in Tunisia

Tunisia uses a single time zone: Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Tunis lies at 10.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:41 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 19 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:19 PM.

Daylight saving time in Tunisia

No. Tunisia does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2008, after 9 years with summer time since 1970.

Clock history of Tunisia

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:41 in Tunis), which ended on May 12, 1881, when PMT (UTC+0:09) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 9 of the 55 years, most recently in 2008. The first summer time in the record dates from 1939. The table summarises the clocks of Tunisia year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Tunis.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–1976UTC+1 all yearCET
1977–1978UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summerCET, CEST
1979–1987UTC+1 all yearCET
1988–1990UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summerCET, CEST
1991–2004UTC+1 all yearCET
2005–2008UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summerCET, CEST
2009 onwardUTC+1 all yearCET

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

Convert Tunisia time

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Time difference between Tunisia and major cities

CityLocal time nowTunisia vs city nowJanuaryJulyOffice overlap Jan / Jul
New York 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +6 h +6 h +5 h 2 h / 3 h
Los Angeles 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +9 h +9 h +8 h none / none
London 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +1 h +1 h 0 h 7 h / 8 h
Berlin 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +0 h 0 h −1 h 8 h / 7 h
Dubai 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −3 h −3 h −3 h 5 h / 5 h
New Delhi 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 −4 h 30 min −4 h 30 min −4 h 30 min 3 h 30 min / 3 h 30 min
Singapore 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −7 h −7 h −7 h 1 h / 1 h
Beijing 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −7 h −7 h −7 h 1 h / 1 h
Tokyo 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −8 h −8 h −8 h none / none

Office hours and calls

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

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

A 9-to-5 day in Tunisia overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Tunisia time), 8 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Tunisia it is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Tunisia overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Tunisia time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Tunisia it is 1:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

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

CityDistanceTime nowTheir clock vs here
Valletta Malta 400 km 1:05 PM CET +0 h
Tripoli Libya 520 km 2:05 PM EET +1 h
Athens Greece 1,200 km 2:05 PM EET +1 h
Fes Morocco 1,410 km 12:05 PM UTC+0 −1 h
İzmir Turkey 1,500 km 3:05 PM UTC+3 +2 h
Saint Helier Jersey 1,690 km 12:05 PM GMT −1 h

Same clock as Tunisia

These places keep exactly the same time as Tunisia all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Algiers, Africa/Lagos, Africa/Ndjamena).

Cities in Tunisia

Tunisia at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Tunisia now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Tunisia is on UTC+1 all year, 6 hours ahead of New York in January and 5 hours ahead of New York in July.

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