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Live local time
Aru, República Democrática del Congo
04:51:29 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi
Hora local actual
04:51:29 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zona horaria
CAT
Africa/Lubumbashi · UTC+02:00
Próximo festivo
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Aru right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
FKI
Bangoka International Airport · 666 km
Aeropuertos indexados
3
Curated airport references available for República Democrática del Congo
Snapshot at render time: 04:51:29 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Aru (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
23°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 24°C · Humidity 71% · Wind 15 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:47 AM to 06:00 PM
Day length 12h 13m · Solar noon 11:54 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Aru local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
spacemiércoles, 6 de mayo de 2026
7 days to go
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynotemiércoles, 6 de mayo de 2026
7 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-seculardomingo, 10 de mayo de 2026
11 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmartes, 12 de mayo de 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
16 days to go
Population
45.5K
Coordinates
2.86, 30.84
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Aeropuertos indexados
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Local time in Aru runs on the CAT, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 45.5K residents the city (rank #90 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside República Democrática del Congo.
The coordinates 2.86°N, 30.84°E put Aru roughly 318 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 05:47 AM and sets around 06:00 PM in Aru — about 12h 13m of daylight. República Democrática del Congo stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Arua (19 km from Aru) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for República Democrática del Congo.
Aru 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 Aru.
Aru is the curated reference for this corner of República Democrática del Congo on WorldClockTools — the page focuses on what changes day-to-day rather than restating a generic clock.
Distance-wise, Aru is closest to Dubai (~3,606 km), London (~6,127 km), Singapore (~8,110 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 14,789 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Aru sits inside República Democrática del Congo — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Around Aru, the nearest mapped reference cities are Arua (19 km), Nebbi (51 km), Paidha (52 km), Koboko (63 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for CAT planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Aru: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for República Democrática del Congo.
Closest curated airport references from Aru: FKI Kisangani (666 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1648 km), FIH Kinshasa (1891 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 · 666 km from Aru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 36m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1648 km from Aru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 52m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1891 km from Aru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 10m
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
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:51 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 10:51 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 07:51 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:51 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:51 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:51 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:51 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:51 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Aru está en la zona horaria Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Aru no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Aru es UTC+02:00.
Aru sits at 2.86°N, 30.84°E in República Democrática del Congo, with about 45.5K residents (rank #90 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Aru is Dubai, about 3,606 km away as the crow flies.
Arua is the closest indexed city, roughly 19 km from Aru.
Bangoka International Airport (FKI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 666 km from Aru.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in República Democrática del Congo, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.
