Kinshasa

UTC+1

DR Congo · WAT

Dry Season

16:11:26Live

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:00↓ 18:0624:00

Sunrise

06:00

Sunset

18:06

Daylight

12.1hrs

Population

17.0M

Season

Dry Season

Next full moon

14 Jul

Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Kinshasa, DR Congo 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 Kinshasa 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 Kinshasa lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Kinshasa 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 Kinshasa lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Kinshasa 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 Kinshasa 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 Kinshasa.

Practical Info

Kinshasa (DR Congo) is home to roughly 17.0M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 18:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 4° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

DR Congo

Capital

Kinshasa 👑

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

WAT · Africa/Kinshasa

Coordinates

4.32°S, 15.31°E

Currency

CDF (FC)

Calling Code

+243

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

French

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Africa's Roaring Megacity Across the River

1. The fastest-growing megacity in Africa.

Home to over 17 million people, Kinshasa adds more than 2,000 new residents every single day (~750,000 a year). By 2050, demographic projections suggest Kinshasa may surpass Paris as the world's most populous Francophone metropolis.

2. The world's closest twin capitals.

Kinshasa and Brazzaville (capital of the Republic of the Congo) face each other directly across the Congo River, just four kilometres apart. They are the closest pair of national capital cities in the world outside of Rome and the Vatican.

3. The clock: Kinshasa operates at UTC+1 (West Africa Time) year-round. Because it sits just 4 degrees south of the equator, daylight is virtually constant throughout the entire year — 12 hours of sun, every day, without daylight saving adjustments.

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