Time in Tunisia 🇹🇳
The current local time in Tunisia is anchored on Tunis (Africa/Tunis, UTC +01:00 · CET).
Tunis local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CET
Tunisia at a glance
- Capital
- Tunis
- ISO codes
- TN · TUN
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +216
- Currency
- Tunisian Dinar (TND)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Tunisia
All of Tunisia keeps the same clock, UTC +01:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Tunis · Tunis | UTC +01:00 | — | None |
Tunis vs. major cities
How far Tunis is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Tunis, 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 Tunis | 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 Tunis 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 Tunis
Since 1970, Tunis has gone through 7 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 9 of 57 years. Since 2009 it has stayed on UTC +01:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Tunis stays on UTC +01:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (7 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1976 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1977–1978 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1979–1987 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1988–1990 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1991–2004 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2005–2008 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 2006) |
| 2009–2026 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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