XAUUSD · Africa
XAUUSD signals in Africa
Johannesburg is the reference clock for this continent because South Africa is its historic gold-mining center. The London auction still sets the benchmark hour. Countries north and south of the equator do not share Johannesburg's clock, so open a country before you assume the session.
Editorial update 25 October 2026. Clock rules for 3 November 2026.
- London day
- New York day
- Overlap
- London morning auction
- 12:30
- London afternoon auction
- 17:00
- London day, local hours
- 10:00–19:00
- New York day, local hours
- 15:00–00:00
- Busy overlap
- 15:00–19:00
In Johannesburg that overlap falls in the local afternoon.
Countries
The tape above is only the Johannesburg reference. Open a country for its capital clock.
- AlgeriaAfrica/Algiers
- AngolaAfrica/Luanda
- BeninAfrica/Porto-Novo
- BotswanaAfrica/Gaborone
- Burkina FasoAfrica/Ouagadougou
- BurundiAfrica/Bujumbura
- Cabo VerdeAtlantic/Cape_Verde
- CameroonAfrica/Douala
- Central African RepublicAfrica/Bangui
- ChadAfrica/Ndjamena
- ComorosIndian/Comoro
- CongoAfrica/Brazzaville
- Côte d'IvoireAfrica/Abidjan
- DjiboutiAfrica/Djibouti
- DR CongoAfrica/Kinshasa
- EgyptAfrica/Cairo
- Equatorial GuineaAfrica/Malabo
- EritreaAfrica/Asmara
- EswatiniAfrica/Mbabane
- EthiopiaAfrica/Addis_Ababa
- GabonAfrica/Libreville
- GambiaAfrica/Banjul
- GhanaAfrica/Accra
- GuineaAfrica/Conakry
- Guinea-BissauAfrica/Bissau
- KenyaAfrica/Nairobi
- LesothoAfrica/Maseru
- LiberiaAfrica/Monrovia
- LibyaAfrica/Tripoli
- MadagascarIndian/Antananarivo
- MalawiAfrica/Blantyre
- MaliAfrica/Bamako
- MauritaniaAfrica/Nouakchott
- MauritiusIndian/Mauritius
- MoroccoAfrica/Casablanca
- MozambiqueAfrica/Maputo
- NamibiaAfrica/Windhoek
- NigerAfrica/Niamey
- NigeriaAfrica/Lagos
- RwandaAfrica/Kigali
- São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica/Sao_Tome
- SenegalAfrica/Dakar
- SeychellesIndian/Mahe
- Sierra LeoneAfrica/Freetown
- SomaliaAfrica/Mogadishu
- South AfricaAfrica/Johannesburg
- South SudanAfrica/Juba
- SudanAfrica/Khartoum
- TanzaniaAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam
- TogoAfrica/Lome
- TunisiaAfrica/Tunis
- UgandaAfrica/Kampala
- ZambiaAfrica/Lusaka
- ZimbabweAfrica/Harare
Questions
Does every country in Africa share one gold session?
No. The ribbon on this page uses Johannesburg only as a reference. Open a country, then a city, for the clock a trader there would actually use.
Is a local gold shop the same as XAUUSD?
No. Jewelers add purity differences, weight units, and making charges. XAUUSD is one troy ounce of gold in US dollars on the wholesale spot quote.