Botswana · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
8h overlap