| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Zanzibar City, Tanzania runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Zanzibar City and New York is 7 hours. 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 Zanzibar City lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Zanzibar City and London is 2 hours. 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 Zanzibar City lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Zanzibar City and Tokyo is 6 hours. 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 Zanzibar City lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Zanzibar City.
Zanzibar City (Tanzania) is home to roughly 700K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:08, sunset at 18:17. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 6° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Tanzania
Capital
Dodoma
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
6.16°S, 39.20°E
Currency
TZS (TSh)
Calling Code
+255
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Swahili, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 27 August 1896 lasted about 38 minutes, the shortest recorded war anywhere. The sultan's palace was shelled from the harbour and the matter was settled before lunch.
The clock: Zanzibar keeps UTC+3. Its Stone Town is a UNESCO site, and the island's clove trade once supplied a large share of the world's supply.
Zanzibar City lies at 39.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 5.8° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 23 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:23 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 29m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 46m. The swing between them is 43 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Zanzibar City the sun comes up earliest on 12 November at 05:56, while the latest sunset waits until 3 February at 18:48. 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 Zanzibar City that civil twilight runs about 21 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 Zanzibar City, Tanzania is Africa/Dar_es_Salaam with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Zanzibar City has an estimated population of 700K and is located at coordinates 6.16°S, 39.20°E.
Zanzibar City gets 12h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 46m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Zanzibar City falls at about 12:23 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 5.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Shortest War in History: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 27 August 1896 lasted about 38 minutes, the shortest recorded war anywhere. The sultan's palace was shelled from the harbour and the matter was settled before lunch.