| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −7h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −10h on 1 Nov |
Francistown, Botswana runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Francistown and New York is 6 hours. 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 Francistown lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Francistown and London is 1 hour. 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 Francistown lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Francistown and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Francistown lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Johannesburg, Windhoek, Cape Town. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Francistown.
Francistown (Botswana) is home to roughly 100K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:51, sunset at 18:08. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 21° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Botswana
Capital
Gaborone
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Gaborone
Coordinates
21.17°S, 27.51°E
Currency
BWP (P)
Calling Code
+267
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Tswana
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Gold was found at Tati near Francistown in the 1860s, the first gold rush in southern Africa, a good twenty years before the Witwatersrand. Ancient workings showed the reefs had been mined long before Europeans arrived.
The clock: Francistown keeps UTC+2. Botswana has one of the highest shares of land under conservation of any country, at around 38%.
Francistown lies at 27.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 2.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 10 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:10 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+2 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 25m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 51m. The swing between them is 2h 35m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Francistown the sun comes up earliest on 28 November at 05:20, while the latest sunset waits until 16 January at 18:57. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Francistown that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Francistown, Botswana is Africa/Gaborone with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Francistown has an estimated population of 100K and is located at coordinates 21.17°S, 27.51°E.
Francistown gets 13h 25m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 51m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Francistown falls at about 12:10 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 2.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Botswana's First Gold Rush: Gold was found at Tati near Francistown in the 1860s, the first gold rush in southern Africa, a good twenty years before the Witwatersrand. Ancient workings showed the reefs had been mined long before Europeans arrived.