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Time in Gambia — regions, cities and time zones

Gambia keeps one clock nationwide: Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+00:00, with no seasonal change. Whatever the calendar says, noon in Banjul is noon in Basse Santa Su, and the offset from UTC stays at zero all year.

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Capital Banjul · Africa · ISO GM / GMB

Banjul, Gambia

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+0 · Africa/Banjul

Time and sun data for Banjul, Gambia

The sun in Banjul

Sunrise 06:56 Solar noon 13:07 Sunset 19:17 Daylight 12 h 21 min Night 11 h 39 min Civil twilight 06:35 – 19:39

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Current time in Banjul

Banjul sits on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Gambia River, and its clock is the country's clock. The city runs on GMT, so the local reading matches Coordinated Universal Time exactly. When you read the current time in Banjul, you are reading UTC with no arithmetic in between.

That makes the capital an unusually easy reference point. There is no "summer version" of Banjul time to remember, and no twice-yearly moment when a scheduled call quietly moves an hour.

One time zone, coast to inland

Gambia is a narrow country that follows its river inland for roughly the length of the nation, yet it does not split into multiple zones. A single offset covers everything: Banjul and the Kanifing urban area on the coast

The Brikama area south of the estuary Mansa Konko and Kerewan along the middle river Janjanbureh and Basse Santa Su upriver to the east Because the country stretches east to west rather than north to south, the sun does rise slightly earlier in Basse than in Banjul. Clocks ignore that difference — it is small enough that no administrative split has ever been worth the trouble.

Daylight saving

Gambia does not observe daylight saving time. This is normal for the region: near the equator, day length barely shifts across the year, so shifting the clock to "capture" evening light buys almost nothing. Sunrise and sunset in Banjul stay within a fairly narrow band from January to December.

The best time zone is the one you never have to think about twice a year. Gambia has one of those. Practically, this means a meeting set with a Gambian colleague in March holds its shape in July. If the meeting time drifts, the drift came from the other end of the call — not from Banjul.

Working with GMT from elsewhere

Since Gambia is at UTC+00:00, converting is mostly a matter of knowing your own offset: Find your current offset from UTC, including any daylight saving you are currently observing. Subtract it from your local time to get Banjul time.

Repeat the check after your own clock change — Gambia's side of the equation will not have moved. The one trap worth naming: places that share Gambia's winter offset do not always share its summer one. London runs level with Banjul for part of the year and an hour ahead for the rest. If you set a recurring call in the northern winter, expect it to slide once spring arrives — on the London side.

Questions and answers
Does Gambia have more than one time zone?
No. The entire country, from the coast to the eastern border, uses a single offset of UTC+00:00.
Does Gambia change its clocks in summer?
No. There is no daylight saving time, so the offset is the same every month of the year.
Is Banjul time the same as UTC?
Yes. Gambia observes Greenwich Mean Time, which is UTC+00:00, so the local clock reading and UTC are identical.

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