Zambia · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Ndola, Zambia 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 Ndola 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 Ndola lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Ndola 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 Ndola lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Ndola 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 Ndola 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 Ndola.
Practical Info
Ndola (Zambia) is home to roughly 475K people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 17:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 13° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Zambia
Capital
Lusaka
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
CAT · Africa/Lusaka
Coordinates
12.97°S, 28.64°E
Currency
ZMW (ZK)
Calling Code
+260
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Dag Hammarskjöld's aircraft came down near Ndola on 18 September 1961 while he was flying to ceasefire talks over Katanga. The cause has been investigated repeatedly and is still formally unresolved.
The clock: Ndola keeps UTC+2. The Copperbelt around it produced a large share of the world's copper through the 20th century.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap