Time in Algeria 🇩🇿
The current local time in Algeria is anchored on Algiers (Africa/Algiers, UTC +01:00 · CET).
Algiers local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CET
Algeria at a glance
- Capital
- Algiers
- ISO codes
- DZ · DZA
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +213
- Currency
- Algerian Dinar (DZD)
- Work week
- Sunday to Thursday
- Weekend
- Friday and Saturday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Algeria
All of Algeria keeps the same clock, UTC +01:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Algiers · Algiers | UTC +01:00 | — | None |
Algiers vs. major cities
How far Algiers is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Algiers, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Algiers | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Delhi · India | +4:30 h | 13:30 | 09:00–12:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Beijing · China | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Algiers time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Algiers
Since 1970, Algiers has gone through 8 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 3 of 57 years. Since 1981 it has stayed on UTC +01:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Algiers stays on UTC +01:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (8 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1971 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in April, back on the last Monday in September |
| 1972–1976 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1977 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1978 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Forward on the fourth Friday in March, back on the fourth Friday in September |
| 1979 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1980 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Forward on the last Friday in April, back on the last Friday in October |
| 1981–2026 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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