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Benguela

UTC+1

Angola · WAT

Dry season
01:45:29Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:30↓ 17:4824:00
Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
17:48
Daylight
11.3hrs
Population
560K
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

A Railway to the Copper Belt

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

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Working Hours

7h overlap
BenguelaUTC+1
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824