Current time in Tunis, Tunisia
The current local time in Tunis is shown below. Tunis observes CET.
What's the daylight saving status?
Tunis does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Africa/Tunis
- Standard abbreviation
- CET
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Tunis?
Tunis observes Central European Time at UTC+1 year-round, with no daylight saving since 2009 when Tunisia abolished its previous DST observation. The country's longitude around 10 degrees east places wall time slightly behind mean solar noon. Neighbouring Algeria and Morocco use the same UTC+1 offset without DST, though Morocco operates DST during Ramadan only. Libya immediately east uses UTC+2 (EET) year-round. The Mediterranean position and African latitude produce relatively moderate seasonal day-length variation compared with European cities at the same wall-clock offset.
What are the working hours in Tunis?
Government administration, tourism (the country's economy depends substantially on European visitors), textile manufacturing, and the substantial shared-services and technology outsourcing sector serving French-speaking European markets anchor employment. Office hours run 08:30 to 17:30 with a one-hour lunch. The working week runs Monday to Friday. Friday afternoon Jumu'ah prayers produce early closures in some sectors. Ramadan substantially reshapes the working day with shorter daytime hours and active evening commerce post-iftar. The annual Carthage Festival in July and August is the largest cultural calendar event.
Where is Tunis?
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia, sitting on the Mediterranean coast at the eastern end of Lake Tunis, a shallow saltwater lagoon connected to the Gulf of Tunis. The city proper holds around 640,000 residents and the wider metropolitan area roughly 2.7 million. The Medina of Tunis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, occupies the historic Arab-Islamic city centre. The archaeological site of Carthage lies on the suburb peninsula north of the lake. Tunis-Carthage International Airport sits between the city and the suburb. The country's interior plains transition to the Atlas Mountains further south-west.