Mbour, Thies, Senegal uses Africa/Dakar, currently GMT (UTC+00:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Mbour is a city in Senegal, home to around 284,200 people. Unlike many places, it does not observe daylight saving time.
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Mbour lies on the Petite Côte south of Dakar in Senegal, and is both a large fishing town and the service centre for the country's main resort strip. The beach at Saly just north is where most of the hotels are.
The fishing beach at Mbour, where brightly painted pirogues land the catch in the afternoon and the whole shore turns into a market, is a genuine spectacle. The Bandia wildlife reserve nearby holds introduced African game, the Somone lagoon is good for birds, and the resort beaches run north along the coast.
Shared taxis and minibuses cover the coast road, and the resort strip is walkable in parts. Dakar is around ninety minutes north, and a new motorway has shortened the journey.
The cooler dry season from around November to May is much the most comfortable and is the main tourist season. The short rainy season falls in the middle of the year.
Senegal uses the XOF, calling code +221.
Senegal uses the West African CFA franc, and French is the official language with Wolof the everyday language and some English in the resorts. Greetings are extended, and cash is used for most transactions.
