Local time in Zambia
Republic of Zambia
Current local time in Zambia (CAT (UTC+2)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Lusaka
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Differences are relative to Lusaka, Zambia, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Zambia
- Standard label
- CAT (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Lusaka)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Lusaka
- IANA zones
- Africa/Maputo
Zambia uses CAT (UTC+2) 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 Zambia.
Sunrise and sunset in Lusaka
At 15.4° south, Lusaka gets 13 h 03 min of daylight around the December solstice but only 11 h 13 min around the June solstice — a difference of 1 h 50 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 05:52 | 12:19 | 18:45 | 12 h 53 min |
| 21 February | 06:06 | 12:22 | 18:37 | 12 h 31 min |
| 21 March | 06:12 | 12:15 | 18:18 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 06:16 | 12:06 | 17:57 | 11 h 41 min |
| 21 May | 06:24 | 12:04 | 17:45 | 11 h 21 min |
| 21 June | 06:33 | 12:09 | 17:46 | 11 h 13 min |
| 21 July | 06:34 | 12:14 | 17:54 | 11 h 20 min |
| 21 August | 06:21 | 12:11 | 18:01 | 11 h 40 min |
| 21 September | 05:58 | 12:01 | 18:04 | 12 h 05 min |
| 21 October | 05:37 | 11:52 | 18:08 | 12 h 31 min |
| 21 November | 05:27 | 11:54 | 18:20 | 12 h 53 min |
| 21 December | 05:34 | 12:06 | 18:37 | 13 h 03 min |
Calculated for Lusaka (-15.42°, 28.28°; 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 Zambia
Zambia does not change its clocks: it stays on 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.