| 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 |
Gaborone, 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 Gaborone 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 Gaborone lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Gaborone 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 Gaborone lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Gaborone 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 Gaborone 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 Gaborone.
Gaborone (Botswana) is home to roughly 270K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:57, sunset at 18:15. 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
UTC+2 · 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.
Gaborone lies at 25.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 4.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:16 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 40m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 36m. The swing between them is 3h 4m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Gaborone the sun comes up earliest on 1 December at 05:20, while the latest sunset waits until 14 January at 19:10. 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 Gaborone that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Gaborone, Botswana is Africa/Gaborone with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Gaborone has an estimated population of 270K and is located at coordinates 24.65°S, 25.91°E. It is the capital city of Botswana.
Gaborone gets 13h 40m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 36m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Gaborone falls at about 12:16 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 4.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Built in Three Years: 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…