Time in Morocco 🇲🇦
The current local time in Morocco is anchored on Rabat (Africa/Casablanca, UTC +00:00 · WET).
Rabat local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 WET
Morocco at a glance
- Capital
- Rabat
- ISO codes
- MA · MAR
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +212
- Currency
- Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Morocco
All of Morocco keeps the same clock, UTC +01:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Casablanca · Casablanca | UTC +01:00 | — | Back 15 February · Forward 22 March · Back 20 September |
Rabat vs. major cities
How far Rabat is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Rabat, 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 Rabat | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Paris · France | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +4 h | 13:00 | 09:00–13:00 |
| Delhi · India | +5:30 h | 14:30 | 09:00–11:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Rabat 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 Rabat
Since 1970, Rabat has gone through 8 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 23 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 2008, is UTC +00:00 with UTC +01:00 in daylight saving time.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 15 February 2026 | Back 1 hour | 03:00 → 02:00 | UTC +00:00 |
| Sunday, 22 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +01:00 |
| Sunday, 20 September 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC +00:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (8 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Forward on the last Monday in June, back on the first Sunday in September |
| 1975 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1976–1978 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1979–1983 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1984–1985 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1986–2007 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2008–2026 | UTC +00:00, DST UTC +01:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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