Dakar, Senegal to CST to Nairobi, Kenya to Abuja, Nigeria
Compare Dakar time with CST, Nairobi, and Abuja time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard Time and 3 hours behind EAT (Eastern Africa Time) and 1 hour behind WAT (West Africa Time)
12:00 pm12:00 in Dakar, Senegal is 6:00 am06:00 in CST and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Nairobi, Kenya and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Abuja, Nigeria
Dakar to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in Dakar which corresponds to 9am-11am in CST
Dakar to Nairobi call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm in Dakar which corresponds to 12pm-5pm in Nairobi
Dakar to Abuja call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in Dakar which corresponds to 10am-5pm in Abuja
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Dakar, Senegal). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Nairobi, Kenya). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Abuja, Nigeria). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Dakar, Senegal / 6:00 am06:00 CST / 3:00 pm15:00 Nairobi, Kenya / 1:00 pm13:00 Abuja, Nigeria
| Dakar, Senegal | CST | Nairobi, Kenya | Abuja, Nigeria |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6pm | 3am | 1am |
| 1am | 7pm | 4am | 2am |
| 2am | 8pm | 5am | 3am |
| 3am | 9pm | 6am | 4am |
| 4am | 10pm | 7am | 5am |
| 5am | 11pm | 8am | 6am |
| 6am | 12am (midnight) | 9am | 7am |
| 7am | 1am | 10am | 8am |
| 8am | 2am | 11am | 9am |
| 9am | 3am | 12pm (noon) | 10am |
| 10am | 4am | 1pm | 11am |
| 11am | 5am | 2pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 12pm (noon) | 6am | 3pm | 1pm |
| 1pm | 7am | 4pm | 2pm |
| 2pm | 8am | 5pm | 3pm |
| 3pm | 9am | 6pm | 4pm |
| 4pm | 10am | 7pm | 5pm |
| 5pm | 11am | 8pm | 6pm |
| 6pm | 12pm (noon) | 9pm | 7pm |
| 7pm | 1pm | 10pm | 8pm |
| 8pm | 2pm | 11pm | 9pm |
| 9pm | 3pm | 12am (midnight) | 10pm |
| 10pm | 4pm | 1am | 11pm |
| 11pm | 5pm | 2am | 12am (midnight) |
| 00:00 | 18:00 | 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 19:00 | 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 20:00 | 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 21:00 | 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 23:00 | 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 01:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 04:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 05:00 | 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 06:00 | 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 07:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 08:00 | 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 | 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 | 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 | 23:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 | 02:00 | 00:00 |
Dakar Information
Time Zone
Dakar Facts
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
