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Gemena, Kongo-Kinshasa
11:19:54 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Kinshasa

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aktuelle Ortszeit
11:19:54 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Nächster Feiertag
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Gemena right now
Nächster Flughafen
FKI
Bangoka International Airport · 691 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Curated airport references available for Kongo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 11:19:54 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Gemena (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
23°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 27°C · Humidity 90% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:31 AM to 05:45 PM
Day length 12h 14m · Solar noon 11:38 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Gemena local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
CAA Supreme Court Final Constitutional Hearing
judicialDienstag, 5. Mai 2026
6 days to go
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
spaceMittwoch, 6. Mai 2026
7 days to go
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynoteMittwoch, 6. Mai 2026
7 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-secularSonntag, 10. Mai 2026
11 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techDienstag, 12. Mai 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
16 days to go
Population
197.2K
Coordinates
3.26, 19.77
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
For Kongo-Kinshasa, Gemena (rank #26 by population in this dataset) reads WAT, UTC+01:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Kinshasa, and the city's roughly 197.2K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 3.26°N, 19.77°E put Gemena roughly 361 km from the equator in the deep tropics of the Equatorial Hemisphere, which is why the page expects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 05:31 AM and sets around 05:45 PM in Gemena — about 12h 14m of daylight. Kongo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Businga (124 km from Gemena) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Gemena planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Labour Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Kinshasa
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
+0h
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Gemena.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:19 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:19 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:19 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:19 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:19 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:19 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:19 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:19 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Businga
Kongo-Kinshasa
Approx. 124 km away
Binga
Kongo-Kinshasa
Approx. 127 km away
Libenge
Kongo-Kinshasa
Approx. 134 km away
Mindouli
Kongo-Brazzaville
Approx. 141 km away
Bétou
Kongo-Brazzaville
Approx. 141 km away
Gbadolite
Kongo-Kinshasa
Approx. 178 km away
Zongo
Kongo-Kinshasa
Approx. 178 km away
Bangui
Zentralafrikanische Republik
Approx. 183 km away
Gemena liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Kinshasa (WAT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +01:00.
Gemena beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Gemena ist UTC+01:00.
Gemena sits at 3.26°N, 19.77°E in Kongo-Kinshasa, with about 197.2K residents (rank #26 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Gemena is Dubai, about 4,511 km away as the crow flies.
Businga is the closest indexed city, roughly 124 km from Gemena.
Bangoka International Airport (FKI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 691 km from Gemena.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kongo-Kinshasa, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.
Distance-wise, Gemena is closest to Dubai (~4,511 km), London (~5,676 km), São Paulo (~7,773 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,973 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Gemena sits inside Kongo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Around Gemena, the nearest mapped reference cities are Businga (124 km), Binga (127 km), Libenge (134 km), Mindouli (141 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for WAT planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Gemena: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Gemena: FKI Kisangani (691 km), FIH Kinshasa (976 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1861 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 691 km from Gemena
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 38m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 976 km from Gemena
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 0m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1861 km from Gemena
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 8m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now