Prayer times in Tetouan today: Fajr 05:04, Sunrise 06:30, Dhuhr 12:11, Asr 15:11, Maghrib 17:42, Isha 18:57. The sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 17:35, giving a day length of 11 h 05 min.
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:04 | 06:30 | 12:11 | 15:11 | 17:42 | 18:57 |
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:04 | 06:30 | 12:11 | 15:11 | 17:42 | 18:57 |
| Date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 05:04 | 06:30 | 12:11 | 15:11 | 17:42 | 18:57 |
| Sat 24 | 05:05 | 06:31 | 12:11 | 15:10 | 17:41 | 18:56 |
| Sun 25 | 05:06 | 06:32 | 12:11 | 15:09 | 17:40 | 18:54 |
| Mon 26 | 05:07 | 06:33 | 12:10 | 15:08 | 17:38 | 18:53 |
| Tue 27 | 05:07 | 06:34 | 12:10 | 15:08 | 17:37 | 18:52 |
| Wed 28 | 05:08 | 06:34 | 12:10 | 15:07 | 17:36 | 18:51 |
| Thu 29 | 05:09 | 06:35 | 12:10 | 15:06 | 17:35 | 18:50 |
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Tétouan (تطوان) is a city in northern Morocco, backing onto the Rif and close to the Mediterranean coast, in the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region. Located at roughly 35.57° north latitude and 5.37° west longitude, at the foot of Mount Dersa, it has a Mediterranean climate: hot, dry summers, mild and humid winters. Its medina, one of the best preserved in Morocco, is listed by UNESCO. Its high latitude produces prayer times with a strong seasonal swing.
Tétouan is deeply marked by the Andalusian heritage: rebuilt at the end of the 15th century, it welcomed many Muslim and Jewish refugees from Al-Andalus, particularly after the fall of Granada in 1492. This mixing earned it the nickname 'daughter of Granada'. Its medina reflects Andalusian-Moroccan art in its architecture, its mosques and its crafts. Capital of the Spanish protectorate in the 20th century, the city keeps a singular cultural identity. Religious practice here follows the Maliki rite.
Religious life in Tétouan bears the mark of the Andalusian-Moroccan heritage, visible in the architecture of the medina and its mosques. The city was long a centre of religious learning and worship-related crafts. The Friday prayer brings together a large crowd, both in the medina and in the new town, and Ramadan is lived with a particular intensity in the dense fabric of the old city. The Maliki tradition prevails here, as across the whole Kingdom.
As everywhere in Morocco, the Hijri calendar in Tétouan follows rukyat, the official sighting of the crescent moon announced by the Ministry of Habous. Being in the north of the country, Tétouan can, on cloudy evenings, find lunar observation hampered by Mediterranean cloud cover. During Ramadan, Morocco suspends summer time, shifting all prayer times by about an hour for the duration of the month.
The high latitude (~35.6° N) and the position at the foot of the Rif give Tétouan prayer times with a strong seasonal swing. In winter, Fajr is observed around 06:45 and Maghrib around 17:45 — a compressed prayer day; in summer, Fajr falls around 04:10 and Isha around 22:15–22:45 depending on the method. The Rif relief to the east can, early in the day, slightly delay the appearance of the sun relative to the astronomical calculation. The published times follow the Ministry of Habous method.
Tétouan blends mosques of its Andalusian medina with contemporary places of prayer. Here are some of the most notable, referenced on mainstream maps.
A very busy large mosque in Tétouan, one of the main venues for the Friday prayer.
A large modern mosque in the city, valued for its architecture.
A city-centre mosque, on Avenue Mohamed V, bearing the name of King Hassan II.
'Al-Mouhssinine' means the benevolent, a notion valued in the Quran. A mosque on Avenue Nouakchott.
A mosque named after the Battle of Badr, very busy in the new town.
Content verified on 18 September 2026.
Prayer times in Tetouan are calculated using the official methods of Morocco's Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs. The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha — shift a little each day as the sun's position changes. Sunrise (Shuruk) is shown too: it marks the end of the valid window for the Fajr prayer.
Each prayer is announced by the adhan, the call to prayer. The adhan time in Tetouancorresponds to the start of each prayer listed above: Fajr at dawn, then Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib at sunset and Isha. Mosques across the city follow these same official times.
The Hijri dates shown follow the Moroccan lunar calendar, which is based on the official rukyat (moon sighting) and can differ by a day from the Saudi calendar. Note that Morocco moves its clock back by one hour during Ramadan.
Fajr (dawn prayer) in Tetouan is at 05:04 today. Sunrise, which ends the Fajr window, is at 06:30.
Maghrib (sunset prayer) in Tetouan is at 17:42 today. It begins just after sunset and marks iftar during Ramadan.
Yes. The times shown for Tetouan are aligned with the Moroccan Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, the official source for prayer times in Morocco.
Morocco uses a single time zone nationwide and moves the clock back by one hour during the month of Ramadan. All prayer times on this page are shown in Morocco's official local time.
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Times through 31 October are official (Ministry of Habous). Days marked ≈ are preliminary estimates from a calibrated solar model — they are replaced by official times as the Ministry publishes them.