Local time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Current local time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — this country spans 2 time zones. The clocks below update live in your browser.
Time difference — Kinshasa
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Differences are relative to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Standard label
- WAT (UTC+1) / CAT (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Kinshasa)
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 2
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- IANA zones
- Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Lubumbashi
The Democratic Republic of the Congo uses WAT (UTC+1) / CAT (UTC+2) as its standard time across 2 IANA zones. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sunrise and sunset in Kinshasa
At 4.3° south, Kinshasa gets 12 h 22 min of daylight around the December solstice but only 11 h 52 min around the June solstice — a difference of 0 h 30 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:01 | 12:11 | 18:20 | 12 h 20 min |
| 21 February | 06:07 | 12:13 | 18:20 | 12 h 13 min |
| 21 March | 06:04 | 12:07 | 18:10 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 05:58 | 11:58 | 17:58 | 12 h 00 min |
| 21 May | 05:59 | 11:56 | 17:53 | 11 h 54 min |
| 21 June | 06:05 | 12:01 | 17:57 | 11 h 52 min |
| 21 July | 06:09 | 12:06 | 18:03 | 11 h 54 min |
| 21 August | 06:03 | 12:03 | 18:03 | 11 h 59 min |
| 21 September | 05:50 | 11:53 | 17:56 | 12 h 06 min |
| 21 October | 05:37 | 11:44 | 17:51 | 12 h 13 min |
| 21 November | 05:36 | 11:46 | 17:55 | 12 h 20 min |
| 21 December | 05:46 | 11:57 | 18:09 | 12 h 22 min |
Calculated for Kinshasa (-4.32°, 15.31°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa/Kinshasa)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo does not change its clocks in the Africa/Kinshasa zone: it stays on WAT (UTC+1) / CAT (UTC+2) all year in 2026 and 2027.
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.