DR Congo · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
8h overlap