Angola · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Luanda, 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 Luanda 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 Luanda lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Luanda 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 Luanda lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Luanda 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 Luanda 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 Luanda.
Practical Info
Luanda (Angola) is home to roughly 8.9M people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 9° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Angola
Capital
Luanda 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
WAT · Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
8.84°S, 13.23°E
Currency
AOA (Kz)
Calling Code
+244
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Luanda topped global cost-of-living rankings for expatriates repeatedly in the 2010s, driven by oil money and an almost total dependence on imports. The rankings have since moved on; the imports have not.
The clock: Luanda keeps UTC+1. Angola is among the largest oil producers in Africa, and the city grew from around 500,000 to over eight million during and after the civil war.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap