Angola · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Huambo, Angola runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 5-hour difference between Huambo and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Huambo lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Huambo and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Huambo lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Huambo and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Huambo lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Huambo.
Practical Info
Huambo (Angola) is home to roughly 600K people. Today brings about 11.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 17:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 13° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Angola
Capital
Luanda
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
12.78°S, 15.74°E
Currency
AOA (Kz)
Calling Code
+244
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Huambo was fought over throughout Angola's civil war, and the 55-day battle of 1993 destroyed much of it. The city was called Nova Lisboa under Portuguese rule and had been planned as the colony's future capital.
The clock: Huambo keeps UTC+1 at about 1,700 metres, on a plateau cool enough for temperate agriculture.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap