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Lubumbashi, Kongo-Kinshasa
06:06:22 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi
Second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aktuelle Ortszeit
06:06:22 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 Lubumbashi right now
Nächster Flughafen
FBM
Lubumbashi International Airport · 10 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Curated airport references available for Kongo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 06:06:22 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Lubumbashi (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
24°C, Clear sky
Feels like 23°C · Humidity 47% · Wind 14 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:16 AM to 05:58 PM
Day length 11h 42m · Solar noon 12:07 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Lubumbashi local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
House of the Dragon Season 3
release-tvMontag, 15. Juni 2026
47 days to go
The Beatles - Anthology 4 (Continued Rollout)
release-albumMontag, 15. Juni 2026
47 days to go
GPT-6 Launch (estimated window)
keynoteMontag, 15. Juni 2026
47 days to go
Islamic New Year (Muharram) 2026
festival-islamicDienstag, 16. Juni 2026
48 days to go
Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony
cultureDonnerstag, 18. Juni 2026
50 days to go
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
religiousFreitag, 1. Mai 2026
2 days to go
Population
2.2M
Coordinates
-11.66, 27.48
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Local time in Lubumbashi runs on the CAT, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 2.2M residents the city (rank #2 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Kongo-Kinshasa.
Lubumbashi sits at 11.66°S, 27.48°E; that's the tropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~1294 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:16 AM and sets around 05:58 PM in Lubumbashi — about 11h 42m of daylight. Kongo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Kipushi (27 km from Lubumbashi) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Lubumbashi.
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 Lubumbashi.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:06 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:06 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:06 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:06 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:06 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:06 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:06 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:06 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Lubumbashi liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Lubumbashi beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Lubumbashi ist UTC+02:00.
Lubumbashi sits at 11.66°S, 27.48°E in Kongo-Kinshasa, with about 2.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Lubumbashi is Dubai, about 5,087 km away as the crow flies.
Kipushi is the closest indexed city, roughly 27 km from Lubumbashi.
Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 10 km from Lubumbashi.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kongo-Kinshasa, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Lubumbashi, formerly Élisabethville, is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the southeasternmost part of the country, near the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga Province, Lubumbashi is the center of mining in the region, acting as a hub for many of the country's largest mining companies. No definite population figures are available, but the population of the city's urban area is estimated to be around 2,584,000 in 2021.
Reading Lubumbashi against the global hubs: Dubai (~5,087 km), London (~7,511 km), São Paulo (~7,888 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~15,745 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Lubumbashi sits inside Kongo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
The closest mapped neighbors of Lubumbashi are Kipushi (27 km), Chililabombwe (87 km), Chingola (106 km), Likasi (110 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Lubumbashi: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kongo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Lubumbashi: FBM Lubumbashi (10 km), FKI Kisangani (1371 km), FIH Kinshasa (1552 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.
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 10 km from Lubumbashi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 1371 km from Lubumbashi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 30m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1552 km from Lubumbashi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 44m
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.
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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