Burundi · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bujumbura, Burundi runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 6-hour difference between Bujumbura and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Bujumbura lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Bujumbura and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Bujumbura lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Bujumbura and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Bujumbura lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bujumbura.
Practical Info
Bujumbura (Burundi) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Burundi
Capital
Gitega
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Bujumbura
Coordinates
3.38°S, 29.36°E
Currency
BIF (FBu)
Calling Code
+257
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Kirundi, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lake Tanganyika reaches about 1,470 metres deep, second only to Baikal, and holds roughly 16% of the world's available fresh surface water. Bujumbura sits at its northern end.
The clock: Bujumbura keeps UTC+2. Burundi moved its political capital inland to Gitega in 2019, leaving Bujumbura as the economic one.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap