| 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 |
Mbabane, Eswatini runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Mbabane 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 Mbabane lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Mbabane 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 Mbabane lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Mbabane 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 Mbabane 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 Mbabane.
Mbabane (Eswatini) is home to roughly 95K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 17:54. 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
Eswatini
Capital
Mbabane 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Mbabane
Coordinates
26.32°S, 31.13°E
Currency
SZL (L)
Calling Code
+268
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Swati, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Eswatini keeps Mbabane as its administrative capital and Lobamba as its legislative and royal one, about 20 km apart. It is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world and changed its name from Swaziland in 2018.
The clock: Mbabane keeps UTC+2 at around 1,240 metres, in hills cool enough to be a relief from the lowveld below.
Mbabane lies at 31.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 1.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 5 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:55 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 47m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 29m. The swing between them is 3h 18m. 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 Mbabane the sun comes up earliest on 2 December at 04:55, while the latest sunset waits until 12 January at 18:53. 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 Mbabane that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Mbabane, Eswatini is Africa/Mbabane with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Mbabane has an estimated population of 95K and is located at coordinates 26.32°S, 31.13°E. It is the capital city of Eswatini.
Mbabane gets 13h 47m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 29m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Mbabane falls at about 11:55 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 1.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Kingdom With Two Capitals: Eswatini keeps Mbabane as its administrative capital and Lobamba as its legislative and royal one, about 20 km apart. It is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world and changed its name from Swaziland in 2018.