Angola · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Benguela, Angola runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 5-hour difference between Benguela and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Benguela lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Benguela and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Benguela lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Benguela and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Benguela lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Benguela.
Practical Info
Benguela (Angola) is home to roughly 560K people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 17:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 13° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Angola
Capital
Luanda
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
12.58°S, 13.41°E
Currency
AOA (Kz)
Calling Code
+244
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Benguela Railway runs about 1,344 kilometres from the coast to the DRC border, completed in 1929, destroyed during Angola's civil war and rebuilt by 2014. It is the shortest route from the Copperbelt to any ocean.
The clock: Benguela keeps UTC+1. Its carnival is the oldest in Angola and draws on both Portuguese and Bantu traditions.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap