Zimbabwe · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Harare, Zimbabwe 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 Harare 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 Harare lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Harare 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 Harare lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Harare 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 Harare 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 Harare.
Practical Info
Harare (Zimbabwe) is home to roughly 1.9M people. Today brings about 11.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 17:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 18° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Zimbabwe
Capital
Harare 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Harare
Coordinates
17.82°S, 31.05°E
Currency
ZWG (ZiG)
Calling Code
+263
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Shona, Ndebele
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Harare was founded as Fort Salisbury in 1890 and renamed in 1982, two years after independence. Great Zimbabwe, the stone city that gives the country its name, lies about 300 km south and was built between the 11th and 15th centuries.
The clock: Harare keeps UTC+2 at about 1,490 metres — high enough that its climate is subtropical highland rather than tropical.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap