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Naama, Algeria

Naama Province follows Algeria's UTC+1 time throughout the year. Its widely separated towns share the same official clock, while sunrise calculations should use the intended locality because longitude, latitude, terrain, and date all matter.

Mecheria, Algeria

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+1 · Africa/Algiers

Time and sun data for Mecheria — the largest city of Naama

The sun in Mecheria

Sunrise 06:38 Solar noon 13:02 Sunset 19:25 Daylight 12 h 47 min Night 11 h 13 min Civil twilight 06:13 – 19:50

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Current time in Naama, Algeria

The civil time in Naama is one hour ahead of UTC. This rule applies to the provincial capital and to communities across the region. Crossing from one part of Naama Province to another never creates a legal time change.

Algeria's clocks are normally kept at UTC+1 without a summer adjustment. A foreign city may temporarily share Naama's hour and later diverge after changing its own clocks. Date-specific conversion is the safest approach for cross-border calls.

Time-zone offset: UTC+1 Seasonal change in Naama: none Clock difference from Algiers: none Required detail for sunrise: exact date and location Distances in Naama can be substantial; fortunately, the province does not charge travellers an extra hour between towns.

Naama's main population centres

Naama city is the administrative capital. Mecheria is another major urban centre, while Ain Sefra is an important town farther south. Tiout, Sfissifa, Moghrar, and Asla are among the other established localities within the province.

These communities occupy different positions in a broad inland landscape. Their official clocks agree perfectly, but their solar schedules are not interchangeable. Ain Sefra's sunrise listing should be chosen for an activity there rather than using the value for Naama city by default.

The province name is sometimes written with an apostrophe or diacritic as Naâma, while simplified interfaces often show Naama. That spelling difference does not imply another place or another zone when the Algerian province is clearly intended.

Sunrise in an inland province

Sunrise data represents an astronomical moment under standard horizon conditions. Mountains and elevated ground can delay the observer's first direct view of the sun. Conversely, open ground may provide a view closer to the calculated time.

Dawn begins before sunrise and passes through defined twilight stages. A traveller who only needs enough natural light may care about civil dawn; someone seeking the sun's appearance needs sunrise. Those are related but separate entries.

Identify whether the destination is Naama, Mecheria, Ain Sefra, or another locality. Select the travel or observation date. Ensure the output is expressed in local UTC+1 time. Check terrain and weather separately from the astronomical value.

The clock itself remains constant as seasonal daylight expands and contracts. This separation is useful: civil time is a legal standard shared across Algeria, whereas sunlight follows geography and Earth's annual cycle.

Questions and answers

What time standard does Naama use?
Naama follows UTC+1, commonly called Central European Time.
Is Ain Sefra in another time zone?
No. Ain Sefra uses the same official time as Naama city.
Why might visible sunrise be later than listed?
Mountains, buildings, clouds, or other obstructions can hide the sun at the calculated horizon time.
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