Current local time in Africa

For most African countries the entire country’s territory belongs to the same time zone, so that it’s always the same time all across the country.

For African countries with multiple time zones, there is a separate row for each time zone in the table below.

Country or Territory Time and Time Zone Cities in this Time Zone
Algeria
CET or UTC+01:00
Algiers, Boumerdas, Oran, Tébessa, Constantine, all Algeria’s cities
Angola
WAT or UTC+01:00
Luanda, N'dalatando, Huambo, Lobito, Benguela, all Angola’s cities
Benin
WAT or UTC+01:00
Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Djougou, Porto-Novo, Parakou, all Benin’s cities
Botswana
CAT or UTC+02:00
Gaborone, Francistown, Molepolole, Selebi-Phikwe, Maun, all Botswana’s cities
Burkina Faso
GMT or UTC+00:00
Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Ouahigouya, Banfora, all Burkina Faso’s cities
Burundi
CAT or UTC+02:00
Bujumbura, Muyinga, Ruyigi, Gitega, Ngozi, all Burundi’s cities
Cameroon
WAT or UTC+01:00
Douala, Yaoundé, Garoua, Kousséri, Bamenda, all Cameroon’s cities
Cape Verde
-01 or UTC-01:00
Praia, Mindelo, Santa Maria, Cova Figueira, Santa Cruz, all Cape Verde’s cities
Central African Republic
WAT or UTC+01:00
Bangui, Bimbo, Mbaïki, Berbérati, Kaga-Bandoro, all Central African Republic’s cities
Chad
WAT or UTC+01:00
N'Djamena, Moundou, Sarh, Abéché, Kelo, all Chad’s cities
Comoros
EAT or UTC+03:00
Moroni, Moutsamoudou, Fomboni, Domoni, Adda-Doueni, all Comoros’s cities
Congo
WAT or UTC+01:00
Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Dolisie, Kayes, Owando, all Congo’s cities
Cote d'Ivoire
GMT or UTC+00:00
Abidjan, Bouaké, Daloa, San-Pedro, Yamoussoukro, all Cote d'Ivoire’s cities
Djibouti
EAT or UTC+03:00
Djibouti, Danan, Ali Sabih, Tadjoura, Obock, all Djibouti’s cities
DR Congo
West Africa Time

WAT or UTC+01:00
Kinshasa, Kikwit, Mbandaka, Matadi, Bandundu Province
DR Congo
Central Africa Time

CAT or UTC+02:00
Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Kisangani, Kananga, Likasi
Egypt
EET or UTC+02:00
Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Port Said, Suez, all Egypt’s cities
Equatorial Guinea
WAT or UTC+01:00
Bata, Malabo, Ebebiyin, Aconibe, Anisoc, all Equatorial Guinea’s cities
Eritrea
EAT or UTC+03:00
Asmara, Keren, Massawa, Assab, Mendefera, all Eritrea’s cities
Eswatini
SAST or UTC+02:00
Manzini, Mbabane, Big Bend, Malkerns, Nhlangano, all Eswatini’s cities
Ethiopia
EAT or UTC+03:00
Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Mek’elē, Nazret, Bahir Dar, all Ethiopia’s cities
Gabon
WAT or UTC+01:00
Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville, Oyem, Moanda, all Gabon’s cities
Gambia
GMT or UTC+00:00
Brikama, Bakau, Banjul, Farafenni, Lamin, all Gambia’s cities
Ghana
GMT or UTC+00:00
Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi, Achiaman, all Ghana’s cities
Guinea
GMT or UTC+00:00
Conakry, Nzérékoré, Kindia, Kankan, Gueckedou, all Guinea’s cities
Guinea-Bissau
GMT or UTC+00:00
Bissau, Bafata, Gabú, Bissora, Bolama, all Guinea-Bissau’s cities
Kenya
EAT or UTC+03:00
Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu, all Kenya’s cities
Lesotho
SAST or UTC+02:00
Maseru, Mafeteng, Hlotse, Maputsoe, Mohale's Hoek, all Lesotho’s cities
Liberia
GMT or UTC+00:00
Monrovia, Gbarnga, Kakata, Bensonville, Harper, all Liberia’s cities
Libya
EET or UTC+02:00
Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Tarhuna, Al Khums, all Libya’s cities
Madagascar
EAT or UTC+03:00
Antananarivo, Toamasina, Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, all Madagascar’s cities
Malawi
CAT or UTC+02:00
Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu, Zomba, Kasungu, all Malawi’s cities
Mali
GMT or UTC+00:00
Bamako, Sikasso, Mopti, Koutiala, Segou, all Mali’s cities
Mauritania
GMT or UTC+00:00
Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Néma, Kaédi, Rosso, all Mauritania’s cities
Mauritius
+04 or UTC+04:00
Port Louis, Beau Bassin, Vacoas, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, all Mauritius’s cities
Mayotte
EAT or UTC+03:00
Mamoudzou, Koungou, Dzaoudzi, Dembeni, Sada, all Mayotte’s cities
Morocco
+00 or UTC+00:00
Casablanca, Rabat, Fes, Salé, Marrakesh, all Morocco’s cities
Mozambique
CAT or UTC+02:00
Maputo, Matola, Beira, Nampula, Chimoio, all Mozambique’s cities
Namibia
CAT or UTC+02:00
Windhoek, Rundu, Walvis Bay, Oshakati, Swakopmund, all Namibia’s cities
Niger
WAT or UTC+01:00
Niamey, Zinder, Maradi, Agadez, Alaghsas, all Niger’s cities
Nigeria
WAT or UTC+01:00
Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, all Nigeria’s cities
Reunion
+04 or UTC+04:00
Saint-Denis, Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint-Andre, all Reunion’s cities
Rwanda
CAT or UTC+02:00
Kigali, Butare, Gitarama, Ruhengeri, Gisenyi, all Rwanda’s cities
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
GMT or UTC+00:00
Jamestown, Georgetown, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Sao Tome and Principe
GMT or UTC+00:00
São Tomé, Santo António, Sao Joao dos Angolares
Senegal
GMT or UTC+00:00
Dakar, Pikine, Touba, Thies Nones, Saint-Louis, all Senegal’s cities
Seychelles
+04 or UTC+04:00
Victoria, Anse Boileau, Bel Ombre, Beau Vallon, Cascade, all Seychelles’s cities
Sierra Leone
GMT or UTC+00:00
Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Koidu, Makeni, all Sierra Leone’s cities
Somalia
EAT or UTC+03:00
Mogadishu, Hargeysa, Berbera, Kismayo, Merca, all Somalia’s cities
South Africa
SAST or UTC+02:00
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, all South Africa’s cities
South Sudan
CAT or UTC+02:00
Sudan
CAT or UTC+02:00
Khartoum, Omdurman, Port Sudan, Kassala, Al-Ubayyid, all Sudan’s cities
Tanzania
EAT or UTC+03:00
Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Zanzibar, Arusha, Mbeya, all Tanzania’s cities
Togo
GMT or UTC+00:00
Lomé, Sokodé, Kara, Atakpame, Palimé, all Togo’s cities
Tunisia
CET or UTC+01:00
Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Midoun, Kairouan, all Tunisia’s cities
Uganda
EAT or UTC+03:00
Kampala, Gulu, Lira, Mbarara, Jinja, all Uganda’s cities
Western Sahara
+00 or UTC+00:00
Dakhla, Smara, Laayoune Plage
Zambia
CAT or UTC+02:00
Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola, Kabwe, Chingola, all Zambia’s cities
Zimbabwe
CAT or UTC+02:00
Harare, Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, all Zimbabwe’s cities