Tanzania · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Dar es Salaam, 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 Dar es Salaam 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 Dar es Salaam lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Dar es Salaam 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 Dar es Salaam lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Dar es Salaam 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 Dar es Salaam 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 Dar es Salaam.
Practical Info
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) is home to roughly 7.4M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 18:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 7° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Tanzania
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
EAT · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
6.79°S, 39.28°E
Currency
TZS (TSh)
Calling Code
+255
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Swahili, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Dar es Salaam has been growing at around 5-6% a year and is projected to pass ten million residents within a decade — among the fastest-growing large cities in the world. It was a fishing village of a few thousand in the 1860s.
The clock: Dar keeps UTC+3, and Swahili time counts hours from dawn — so saa moja is one hour after sunrise, roughly 07:00 by the clock.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.