Zambia · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Lusaka, Zambia 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 Lusaka 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 Lusaka lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Lusaka 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 Lusaka lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Lusaka 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 Lusaka 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 Lusaka.
Practical Info
Lusaka (Zambia) is home to roughly 3.0M people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 17:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 15° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Zambia
Capital
Lusaka 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Lusaka
Coordinates
15.39°S, 28.32°E
Currency
ZMW (ZK)
Calling Code
+260
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lusaka takes its name from Chief Lusaaka, whose village stood here before the railway arrived in 1905. It became capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1935 and of independent Zambia in 1964.
The clock: Lusaka keeps UTC+2 at about 1,280 metres, which makes its winters cool enough for frost despite sitting well inside the tropics.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap