Sudan · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Khartoum, Sudan 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 Khartoum 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 Khartoum lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Khartoum 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 Khartoum lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Khartoum 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 Khartoum 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 Khartoum.
Practical Info
Khartoum (Sudan) is home to roughly 5.3M people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:18, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 16° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Sudan
Capital
Khartoum 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Khartoum
Coordinates
15.50°N, 32.56°E
Currency
SDG (ج.س)
Calling Code
+249
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet at Khartoum, and the confluence is visible as a line of two colours. The Blue Nile supplies roughly 80% of the combined river's water during flood season, despite being the shorter of the two.
The clock: Khartoum keeps UTC+2. Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt — around 200 at Meroë alone — though they are smaller and far less visited.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap