Mozambique · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Maputo, Mozambique 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 Maputo 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 Maputo lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Maputo 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 Maputo lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Maputo 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 Maputo 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 Maputo.
Practical Info
Maputo (Mozambique) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 10.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 17:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 26° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Mozambique
Capital
Maputo 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Maputo
Coordinates
25.97°S, 32.57°E
Currency
MZN (MT)
Calling Code
+258
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Maputo's railway station was completed around 1916 with a copper dome, and is regularly listed among the most beautiful stations in the world. Its design is often attributed to Gustave Eiffel, though the connection is not documented.
The clock: Maputo keeps UTC+2. Mozambique's coastline runs about 2,500 km, and the city sits at its southern end, closer to Johannesburg than to most of its own country.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap