Capital: Algiers · Single time zone, permanently CET (UTC+1), with no daylight saving · Africa's largest country by land area.
METHOD: ALGERIA (DEDICATED NATIONAL METHOD)Algeria maintains its own dedicated calculation method rather than defaulting to a generic regional convention like the Muslim World League — one of only a handful of countries, alongside neighbouring Morocco, with a nationally-tailored formula in wide use. This reflects the Maghreb region's tendency to run its own religious-affairs institutions somewhat independently of the Gulf or South Asian conventions that dominate elsewhere.
Algeria also keeps a single, permanent Central European Time offset (UTC+1) year-round with no seasonal clock change — a choice that, combined with the country's longitude, means clock-time sunrise and sunset land noticeably later in summer than in most of Western Europe at similar latitudes.
Algeria dropped seasonal clock changes and settled on a permanent UTC+1 offset, which — combined with its geography — means clock-time sunrise and sunset land noticeably later in summer than in most of Western Europe at similar latitudes.
No — Algeria has its own dedicated calculation method, distinct from the generic MWL convention, maintained specifically for the country and used in its official mosque and calendar publications.
Yes — Algeria's enormous north-south span, from the Mediterranean coast to deep in the Sahara, means far southern towns can see meaningfully different Fajr and Isha times than Algiers on the same date.