Local time in Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe
Current local time in Zimbabwe (CAT (UTC+2)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Harare
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Differences are relative to Harare, Zimbabwe, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Zimbabwe
- Standard label
- CAT (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Harare)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Harare
- IANA zones
- Africa/Maputo
Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe.
Sunrise and sunset in Harare
At 17.8° south, Harare gets 13 h 12 min of daylight around the December solstice but only 11 h 04 min around the June solstice — a difference of 2 h 08 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 05:37 | 12:08 | 18:38 | 13 h 01 min |
| 21 February | 05:53 | 12:10 | 18:28 | 12 h 35 min |
| 21 March | 06:01 | 12:04 | 18:07 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 06:07 | 11:55 | 17:43 | 11 h 36 min |
| 21 May | 06:17 | 11:53 | 17:30 | 11 h 13 min |
| 21 June | 06:26 | 11:58 | 17:30 | 11 h 04 min |
| 21 July | 06:27 | 12:03 | 17:39 | 11 h 12 min |
| 21 August | 06:12 | 12:00 | 17:48 | 11 h 35 min |
| 21 September | 05:47 | 11:50 | 17:52 | 12 h 05 min |
| 21 October | 05:24 | 11:41 | 17:58 | 12 h 35 min |
| 21 November | 05:12 | 11:43 | 18:13 | 13 h 01 min |
| 21 December | 05:19 | 11:54 | 18:30 | 13 h 12 min |
Calculated for Harare (-17.83°, 31.05°; 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 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 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.