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Francistown

UTC+2

Botswana · CAT

Dry season
02:45:28Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:48↓ 17:3624:00
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
17:36
Daylight
10.8hrs
Population
100K
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Francistown, Botswana 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 Francistown 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 Francistown lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Francistown 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 Francistown lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Francistown 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 Francistown 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 Francistown.

Practical Info

Francistown (Botswana) is home to roughly 100K people. Today brings about 10.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:48, 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 21° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Botswana

Botswana

Capital

Gaborone

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

CAT · 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?

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.

The clock: Francistown keeps UTC+2. Botswana has one of the highest shares of land under conservation of any country, at around 38%.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
FrancistownUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824