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Lubumbashi

UTC+2

DR Congo · CAT

Dry season
02:43:39Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:30↓ 18:0024:00
Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
18:00
Daylight
11.5hrs
Population
2.6M
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Lubumbashi, DR Congo 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 Lubumbashi 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 Lubumbashi lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Lubumbashi 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 Lubumbashi lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Lubumbashi 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 Lubumbashi 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 Lubumbashi.

Practical Info

Lubumbashi (DR Congo) is home to roughly 2.6M people. Today brings about 11.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 12° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

DR Congo

DR Congo

Capital

Kinshasa

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

CAT · Africa/Lubumbashi

Coordinates

11.66°S, 27.48°E

Currency

CDF (FC)

Calling Code

+243

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

French

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Copper Belt

Katanga province around Lubumbashi holds some of the richest copper and cobalt deposits on Earth — the DRC produces roughly 70% of the world's cobalt, most of it from this region, which makes it central to every lithium-ion battery.

The clock: Lubumbashi keeps UTC+2, an hour ahead of Kinshasa. The DRC is one of the few countries split across two time zones with no seasonal change in either.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
LubumbashiUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824