Dar es Salaam is located in Tanzania and uses the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam timezone, currently GMT+3 from UTC. Dar es Salaam does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:59 and sunset at 18:43 local time. The coordinates of Dar es Salaam are 6.80°S, 39.28°E.

Today Dar es Salaam gets 12 hours 44 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:21, about 21 minutes after clock noon.

Right now Dar es Salaam shares its GMT+3 offset with Helsinki, Bucharest, Athens, Moscow, Kyiv, Istanbul. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Dar es Salaam in?›

Dar es Salaam is in the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam timezone, currently GMT+3 from UTC.

Does Dar es Salaam observe daylight saving time?›

No. Dar es Salaam does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+3.

What is the UTC offset for Dar es Salaam?›

Dar es Salaam is currently GMT+3 from UTC (GMT+3).

Times on this page were calculated on 11 September 2026.