El Bayadh, Algeria
El Bayadh Province follows Algeria’s UTC+1 time throughout the year. Its towns use the same official clock despite long travel distances, while sunrise depends on the selected locality, date, elevation, and visible horizon.
El Bayadh, Algeria
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+1 · Africa/Algiers
Time and sun data for El Bayadh — the largest city of El Bayadh
The sun in El Bayadh
Sunrise 6:33 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 7:20 PM Daylight 12 h 47 min Night 11 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 7:45 PM
Algeria · 37 cities
Largest cities
- El Bayadh 85 577
- El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh 39 283
- Brezina 19 084
All cities
- 'ain El Orak
- Alfaville
- Arba Foukani
- Arbaouat
- Boualem
- Bougtob
- Boussemghoun
- Brezina
- Chellala Dahrania
- Chellala Gueblia
- Commune D''Ain El Orak
- Commune D'El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
- Commune D'El Bayadh
- Commune De Boualem
- Commune De Bougtob
- Commune De Boussemghoun
- Commune De Brezina
- Commune De Rogassa
- El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
- El Bayadh
- El Khadra
- El Maharra
- Ghassoul
- Kerakda
- Le Kreider
- Mkam Sidi en Nasser
- Petit Mecheria
- Sfissifa
- Sidi Ameur
- Sidi El Hadj Ed Dine
- Sidi Hadj Ben Ameur
- Sidi Khalifa
- Sidi Slimane
- Sidi Tifour
- Stittene
- Tkisset
- Tousmouline
Current time in El Bayadh, Algeria
El Bayadh observes Central European Time, shortened to CET. The civil offset is one hour ahead of UTC, and Algeria does not normally introduce a seasonal daylight-saving adjustment. Consequently, clocks agree between El Bayadh and every other Algerian province. Domestic schedules can be compared directly. International schedules still require date-aware conversion, particularly when the other location changes its own time-zone offset during the year.
A phone or computer may use Algiers as the name of the relevant zone. Selecting that entry is appropriate because it represents the national time rules that also apply in El Bayadh. The road across El Bayadh may test your sense of distance, but it need not test your arithmetic with clocks.
Important towns in El Bayadh Province
El Bayadh city is the provincial capital and chief administrative centre. The wider province includes high plateau, steppe, and Saharan landscapes, with towns that serve communities spread across a substantial territory.
Principal population centres include: El Bayadh, the capital and main urban reference El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, a prominent town in the province Bougtob, an important northern centre Brezina, a settlement serving the southern part of the region
These towns are not separated by time-zone boundaries. A noon appointment means the same official clock reading in each. Nevertheless, their distinct coordinates mean that the Sun does not reach every local horizon at precisely the same moment.
Sunrise across plateau and desert landscapes
Sunrise data belongs to a place and date rather than to the UTC offset alone. The time moves during the year as the duration and position of daylight change. A current reading is therefore unsuitable as a permanent reference for every season.
Local terrain determines how the calculation appears on the ground. A ridge can postpone direct sunlight, while a broad horizon may permit a clearer view. Dust, haze, and cloud can conceal the Sun without changing the underlying astronomical event. Twilight begins earlier and may provide usable light before sunrise.
Choose El Bayadh, Bougtob, Brezina, or the nearest available locality. Confirm that the solar time is given in local UTC+1. Check the exact day rather than relying on a remembered value. Consider the route and eastern horizon at the observation point.
Arrive early if equipment or group coordination is involved. For a phone call or administrative appointment, official local time is enough. For driving, livestock work, landscape photography, or another dawn activity, combine the published sunrise with twilight information, current visibility, and knowledge of the site.
Questions and answers
- Does El Bayadh use a different time because it lies farther west?
- No. It shares Algeria’s nationwide UTC+1 civil time.
- Is daylight saving time observed in El Bayadh?
- No. The province normally keeps the same official offset in every season.
- Will sunrise match exactly in El Bayadh and Brezina?
- Not necessarily. Their clocks agree, but geographic position and the local horizon can produce different sunrise times and views.