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 05:37 and sunset at 18:38 local time. The coordinates of Dar es Salaam are 6.80°S, 39.28°E.

Today Dar es Salaam gets 13 hours 1 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:08, about 8 minutes after clock noon.

Right now Dar es Salaam shares its GMT+3 offset with Moscow, Istanbul, Minsk, Baghdad, Riyadh, Jeddah. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Dar es Salaam from…

From	Gap	Call at (Dar es Salaam time)
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa	same time	09:00–17:00
🇰🇪 Nairobi	same time	09:00–17:00
🇸🇴 Mogadishu	same time	09:00–17:00
🇺🇬 Kampala	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	−3h	12:00–17:00
🇺🇸 New York	−7h	16:00–17:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+5h	09:00–12:00
🇦🇪 Dubai	+1h	09:00–16:00

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

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.

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).

Is Dar es Salaam ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Dar es Salaam is 3 hours ahead of London and 7 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Dar es Salaam in UTC?›

09:00 in Dar es Salaam is 06:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+3 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Dar es Salaam today?›

Today the sun rises in Dar es Salaam at 05:37 and sets at 18:38 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.