| 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 |
Maseru, Lesotho runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Maseru 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 Maseru lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Maseru 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 Maseru lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Maseru 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 Maseru 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 Maseru.
Maseru (Lesotho) is home to roughly 330K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:49, sunset at 18:10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 29° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Lesotho
Capital
Maseru 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Maseru
Coordinates
29.32°S, 27.48°E
Currency
LSL (L)
Calling Code
+266
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Sesotho, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lesotho is the only country in the world whose entire territory lies above 1,000 metres, and its lowest point, at about 1,400 metres, is the highest low point of any country. It is also completely surrounded by South Africa.
The clock: Maseru keeps UTC+2. Lesotho sells water to South Africa from its highland dams, one of its main sources of foreign income alongside garments and diamonds.
Maseru lies at 27.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 2.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 10 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:10 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 14h 1m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 16m. The swing between them is 3h 46m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Maseru the sun comes up earliest on 4 December at 05:03, while the latest sunset waits until 10 January at 19:14. 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 Maseru that civil twilight runs about 24 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 Maseru, Lesotho is Africa/Maseru with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Maseru has an estimated population of 330K and is located at coordinates 29.32°S, 27.48°E. It is the capital city of Lesotho.
Maseru gets 14h 1m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 16m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Maseru falls at about 12:10 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 2.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Country Entirely Above 1,400 Metres: Lesotho is the only country in the world whose entire territory lies above 1,000 metres, and its lowest point, at about 1,400 metres, is the highest low point of any country.