Tanzania · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Mwanza, Tanzania runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Mwanza and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Mwanza lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Mwanza and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Mwanza lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Mwanza and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Mwanza lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Mwanza.
Practical Info
Mwanza (Tanzania) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:54, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Tanzania
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
EAT · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
2.52°S, 32.90°E
Currency
TZS (TSh)
Calling Code
+255
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Swahili, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mwanza is built among enormous granite boulders left by erosion, some balanced on top of each other — the Bismarck Rock in the harbour is the best known. It is Tanzania's second city and the main port on Lake Victoria.
The clock: Mwanza keeps UTC+3. Its fishing fleet supplies Nile perch fillets to European supermarkets.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.