Tanzania · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.