Capital cities of Africa
The capital city of each of the 54 countries in Africa, with its location and standard time.
- The northernmost capital is Tunis, Tunisia (36.80° N), and the southernmost is Maseru, Lesotho (29.31° S).
- From west to east, the capitals run from Praia (23.51° W) to Port Louis (57.50° E).
- On standard time, the clocks in these capitals range from UTC−1 to UTC+4 — 6 different offsets.
- One country splits capital functions between cities — South Africa: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial).
| Country | Capital | Latitude | Longitude | Standard time | Country population, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | Algiers | 36.78° N | 3.06° E | UTC+1 | 48,028,334 |
 Angola | Luanda | 8.84° S | 13.23° E | UTC+1 | 40,215,179 |
 Benin | Porto-Novo | 6.48° N | 2.62° E | UTC+1 | 15,170,419 |
 Botswana | Gaborone | 24.66° S | 25.91° E | UTC+2 | 2,603,388 |
 Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 12.37° N | 1.53° W | UTC+0 | 24,601,700 |
 Burundi | Gitega | 3.43° S | 29.93° E | UTC+2 | 14,729,157 |
 Cameroon | Yaounde | 3.86° N | 11.52° E | UTC+1 | 30,640,817 |
 Cape Verde | Praia | 14.92° N | 23.51° W | UTC−1 | 529,630 |
 Central African Republic | Bangui | 4.37° N | 18.56° E | UTC+1 | 5,698,984 |
 Chad | N'Djamena | 12.11° N | 15.05° E | UTC+1 | 21,560,380 |
 Comoros | Moroni | 11.70° S | 43.25° E | UTC+3 | 899,010 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 4.32° S | 15.31° E | UTC+1 | 116,452,162 |
 Djibouti | Djibouti | 11.60° N | 43.15° E | UTC+3 | 1,199,459 |
 Egypt | Cairo | 30.04° N | 31.24° E | UTC+2 | 120,101,175 |
 Equatorial Guinea | Ciudad de la Paz | 1.59° N | 10.82° E | UTC+1 | 1,984,468 |
 Eritrea | Asmara | 15.33° N | 38.92° E | UTC+3 | 3,682,669 |
 Eswatini | Mbabane | 26.32° S | 31.13° E | UTC+2 | 1,269,859 |
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 9.04° N | 38.75° E | UTC+3 | 138,902,185 |
 Gabon | Libreville | 0.41° N | 9.44° E | UTC+1 | 2,647,399 |
 Gambia | Banjul | 13.45° N | 16.58° W | UTC+0 | 2,884,079 |
 Ghana | Accra | 5.56° N | 0.20° W | UTC+0 | 35,697,557 |
 Guinea | Conakry | 9.51° N | 13.71° W | UTC+0 | 15,441,993 |
 Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 11.86° N | 15.58° W | UTC+0 | 2,297,808 |
 Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 6.82° N | 5.27° W | UTC+0 | 33,494,346 |
 Kenya | Nairobi | 1.29° S | 36.82° E | UTC+3 | 58,636,412 |
 Lesotho | Maseru | 29.31° S | 27.48° E | UTC+2 | 2,389,336 |
 Liberia | Monrovia | 6.31° N | 10.80° W | UTC+0 | 5,853,949 |
 Libya | Tripoli | 32.89° N | 13.19° E | UTC+2 | 7,539,851 |
 Madagascar | Antananarivo | 18.91° S | 47.52° E | UTC+3 | 33,522,052 |
 Malawi | Lilongwe | 13.99° S | 33.77° E | UTC+2 | 22,785,535 |
 Mali | Bamako | 12.65° N | 7.99° W | UTC+0 | 25,932,275 |
 Mauritania | Nouakchott | 18.09° N | 15.98° W | UTC+0 | 5,461,319 |
 Mauritius | Port Louis | 20.16° S | 57.50° E | UTC+4 | 1,265,059 |
 Morocco | Rabat | 34.02° N | 6.84° W | UTC+1 | 38,762,441 |
 Mozambique | Maputo | 25.97° S | 32.57° E | UTC+2 | 36,639,851 |
 Namibia | Windhoek | 22.57° S | 17.08° E | UTC+2 | 3,153,246 |
 Niger | Niamey | 13.52° N | 2.12° E | UTC+1 | 28,814,878 |
 Nigeria | Abuja | 9.06° N | 7.49° E | UTC+1 | 242,431,832 |
 Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 4.27° S | 15.27° E | UTC+1 | 6,637,785 |
 Rwanda | Kigali | 1.95° S | 30.11° E | UTC+2 | 14,889,693 |
 Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé | 0.34° N | 6.73° E | UTC+0 | 244,994 |
 Senegal | Dakar | 14.67° N | 17.43° W | UTC+0 | 19,366,548 |
 Seychelles | Victoria | 4.62° S | 55.45° E | UTC+4 | 134,959 |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown | 8.49° N | 13.24° W | UTC+0 | 8,996,745 |
 Somalia | Mogadishu | 2.04° N | 45.34° E | UTC+3 | 20,305,907 |
 South Africa | Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | 25.75° S | 28.19° E | UTC+2 | 65,453,084 |
 South Sudan | Juba | 4.85° N | 31.58° E | UTC+2 | 12,436,037 |
 Sudan | Khartoum | 15.60° N | 32.53° E | UTC+2 | 53,282,719 |
 Tanzania | Dodoma | 6.18° S | 35.75° E | UTC+3 | 72,563,780 |
 Togo | Lomé | 6.13° N | 1.22° E | UTC+0 | 9,930,918 |
 Tunisia | Tunis | 36.80° N | 10.18° E | UTC+1 | 12,415,138 |
 Uganda | Kampala | 0.31° N | 32.58° E | UTC+3 | 52,761,469 |
 Zambia | Lusaka | 15.42° S | 28.28° E | UTC+2 | 22,521,915 |
 Zimbabwe | Harare | 17.83° S | 31.05° E | UTC+2 | 17,273,580 |
Coordinates: Wikidata (CC0). Where a country has several capitals, coordinates are for the first one listed. Standard time excludes daylight saving time; follow the link for the current local time. Population is for the whole country (UN projection for 1 July 2026), not the capital city.