Botswana · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Gaborone, 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 Gaborone 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 Gaborone lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Gaborone 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 Gaborone lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Gaborone 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 Gaborone 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 Gaborone.
Practical Info
Gaborone (Botswana) is home to roughly 270K people. Today brings about 10.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:54, 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 25° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Botswana
Capital
Gaborone 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Gaborone
Coordinates
24.65°S, 25.91°E
Currency
BWP (P)
Calling Code
+267
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Tswana
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Botswana chose Gaborone as its capital in 1964 and built it in roughly three years, in time for independence in 1966 — the country had previously been administered from Mafeking, in South Africa, entirely outside its own borders.
The clock: Gaborone keeps UTC+2. Botswana went from one of the poorest countries in the world at independence to a middle-income one, largely on diamonds found in 1967.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap