| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −7h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −10h on 1 Nov |
Lusaka, Zambia runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Lusaka and New York is 6 hours. 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. The time difference between Lusaka and London is 1 hour. 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. The time difference between Lusaka and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Johannesburg, Windhoek, Cape Town. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Lusaka.
Lusaka (Zambia) is home to roughly 3.0M people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 18:03. 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
UTC+2 · 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.
Lusaka lies at 28.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 1.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:07 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+2 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 2m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 13m. The swing between them is 1h 50m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Lusaka the sun comes up earliest on 23 November at 05:26, while the latest sunset waits until 22 January at 18:44. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Lusaka that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Lusaka, Zambia is Africa/Lusaka with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Lusaka has an estimated population of 3.0M and is located at coordinates 15.39°S, 28.32°E. It is the capital city of Zambia.
Lusaka gets 13h 2m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 13m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Lusaka falls at about 12:07 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 1.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Named After a Village Headman: 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.