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Katwa, Kongo-Kinshasa
10:57:19 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi
List of cities and towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aktuelle Ortszeit
10:57:19 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
CAT
Africa/Lubumbashi · UTC+02:00
Nächster Feiertag
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Katwa right now
Nächster Flughafen
FKI
Bangoka International Airport · 444 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Curated airport references available for Kongo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 10:57:19 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Katwa (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
17°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 86% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:56 AM to 06:03 PM
Day length 12h 7m · Solar noon 12:00 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Katwa local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
89.4K
Coordinates
0.09, 29.31
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Local time in Katwa runs on the CAT, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 89.4K residents the city (rank #43 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Kongo-Kinshasa.
The coordinates 0.09°N, 29.31°E put Katwa roughly 10 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 05:56 AM and sets around 06:03 PM in Katwa — about 12h 7m of daylight. Kongo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Butembo (6 km from Katwa) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Katwa planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Labour Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
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 Katwa.
This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status.
Distance-wise, Katwa is closest to Dubai (~3,947 km), London (~6,348 km), Singapore (~8,286 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 14,933 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Katwa sits inside Kongo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Around Katwa, the nearest mapped reference cities are Butembo (6 km), Lubero (29 km), Mpondwe (47 km), Beni (48 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for CAT planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Katwa: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Katwa: FKI Kisangani (444 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1314 km), FIH Kinshasa (1619 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 · 444 km from Katwa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1314 km from Katwa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 26m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1619 km from Katwa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 50m
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.
2013: 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
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 09:57 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 04:57 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:57 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:57 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 04:57 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 05:57 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:57 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:57 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Katwa liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Katwa beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Katwa ist UTC+02:00.
Katwa sits at 0.09°N, 29.31°E in Kongo-Kinshasa, with about 89.4K residents (rank #43 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Katwa is Dubai, about 3,947 km away as the crow flies.
Butembo is the closest indexed city, roughly 6 km from Katwa.
Bangoka International Airport (FKI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 444 km from Katwa.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kongo-Kinshasa, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
