Local time in South Sudan
Republic of South Sudan
Current local time in South Sudan (CAT (UTC+3)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Juba
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Differences are relative to Juba, South Sudan, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for South Sudan
- Standard label
- CAT (UTC+3)
- Standard offset (Juba)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Juba
- IANA zones
- Africa/Juba
South Sudan uses CAT (UTC+3) as its standard time. 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 South Sudan.
Sunrise and sunset in Juba
At 4.9° north, Juba gets 12 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 11 h 50 min around the December solstice — a difference of 0 h 34 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:09 | 12:06 | 18:02 | 11 h 53 min |
| 21 February | 06:09 | 12:08 | 18:08 | 11 h 59 min |
| 21 March | 05:58 | 12:02 | 18:05 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 05:46 | 11:53 | 18:01 | 12 h 15 min |
| 21 May | 05:40 | 11:51 | 18:02 | 12 h 21 min |
| 21 June | 05:44 | 11:56 | 18:08 | 12 h 24 min |
| 21 July | 05:50 | 12:01 | 18:12 | 12 h 22 min |
| 21 August | 05:50 | 11:58 | 18:06 | 12 h 15 min |
| 21 September | 05:44 | 11:48 | 17:51 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 October | 05:39 | 11:39 | 17:39 | 12 h 00 min |
| 21 November | 05:44 | 11:40 | 17:37 | 11 h 53 min |
| 21 December | 05:57 | 11:52 | 17:48 | 11 h 50 min |
Calculated for Juba (4.85°, 31.58°; 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 South Sudan
South Sudan does not change its clocks: it stays on CAT (UTC+3) 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.