| 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 |
Walvis Bay, Namibia runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Walvis Bay 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 Walvis Bay lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Walvis Bay 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 Walvis Bay lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Walvis Bay 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 Walvis Bay 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 Walvis Bay.
Walvis Bay (Namibia) is home to roughly 62K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:43, sunset at 19:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 23° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Namibia
Capital
Windhoek
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Windhoek
Coordinates
22.96°S, 14.51°E
Currency
NAD ($)
Calling Code
+264
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Walvis Bay lagoon supports up to 100,000 birds at times, including large flamingo populations, and is a Ramsar wetland. South Africa held the town as an enclave until 1994, four years after Namibian independence.
The clock: Walvis Bay keeps UTC+2. Its deep-water port is Namibia's main sea access and a growing gateway for landlocked neighbours.
Walvis Bay lies at 14.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 15.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 62 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:02 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 33m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 43m. The swing between them is 2h 49m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Walvis Bay the sun comes up earliest on 29 November at 06:08, while the latest sunset waits until 15 January at 19:53. 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 Walvis Bay that civil twilight runs about 22 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 Walvis Bay, Namibia is Africa/Windhoek with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Walvis Bay has an estimated population of 62K and is located at coordinates 22.96°S, 14.51°E.
Walvis Bay gets 13h 33m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 43m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Walvis Bay falls at about 13:02 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 15.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lagoon Full of Flamingos: Walvis Bay lagoon supports up to 100,000 birds at times, including large flamingo populations, and is a Ramsar wetland. South Africa held the town as an enclave until 1994, four years after Namibian independence.