Zimbabwe · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 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 Bulawayo 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 Bulawayo lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Bulawayo 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 Bulawayo lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Bulawayo 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 Bulawayo 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 Bulawayo.
Practical Info
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) is home to roughly 650K people. Today brings about 11.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:36, sunset at 17:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 20° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Zimbabwe
Capital
Harare
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Harare
Coordinates
20.15°S, 28.58°E
Currency
ZWG (ZiG)
Calling Code
+263
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Shona, Ndebele
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bulawayo's name translates roughly as the place of killing, from a Ndebele succession conflict in the 1870s. The city was laid out with streets wide enough to turn a full ox-wagon span, which is why its grid is unusually generous.
The clock: Bulawayo keeps UTC+2. Matobo Hills nearby holds one of the highest concentrations of rock art in southern Africa, some of it over 13,000 years old.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap