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Arusha

UTC+3

Tanzania · EAT

Dry season
03:45:25Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:36↓ 18:3624:00
Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
18:36
Daylight
12.0hrs
Population
620K
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Arusha, Tanzania runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Arusha and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Arusha lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Arusha and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Arusha lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Arusha and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Arusha lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Arusha.

Practical Info

Arusha (Tanzania) is home to roughly 620K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:36, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Tanzania

Tanzania

Capital

Dodoma

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

EAT · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam

Coordinates

3.37°S, 36.68°E

Currency

TZS (TSh)

Calling Code

+255

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

Swahili, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Diplomatic Capital of East Africa

Arusha hosts the East African Community headquarters and hosted the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 1995 to 2015, which tried the genocide's organisers over two decades.

The clock: Arusha keeps UTC+3 at about 1,400 metres, below Mount Meru and roughly midway between Cairo and Cape Town.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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