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CAT: Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time, UTC+2 right now. Used in Maputo, Harare, Lusaka. No daylight saving time.
CAT, Central Africa Time
CAT
Friday, November 6, 2026
UTC+2
- Abbreviation
- CAT
- Full name
- Central Africa Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+2
- Standard time
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving
- No
- Reference zone
- Africa/Maputo
- Where
- Maputo, Harare, Lusaka
Daylight saving time in CAT
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+2 all year.
Countries and cities on CAT
Where Central Africa Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone.
| City | Local time | Compared to CAT |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the CongoLubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Kisangani | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| SudanKhartoum, Omdurman, Khartoum North | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| ZambiaLusaka, Kitwe, Ndola | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| MozambiqueMaputo, Matola, Nampula | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| ZimbabweHarare, Bulawayo, Chitungwiza | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| MalawiLilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| RwandaKigali, Gisenyi, Musanze | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| South SudanJuba, Winejok, Yei | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| BurundiBujumbura, Gitega, Ngozi | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| NamibiaWindhoek, Rundu, Walvis Bay | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
| BotswanaGaborone, Francistown, Mogoditshane | Fri 11:51 AM | Same time |
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Frequently asked questions
Ask a questionThe clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Central Africa Time (CAT), following the rules of the Africa/Maputo time zone. It is UTC+2 at the moment.
CAT stands for Central Africa Time. It is used in Maputo, Harare, Lusaka.
CAT is UTC+2, all year round.
There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+2 all year.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.