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Bukavu, Congo-Kinshasa
07:19:20 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi

Bukavu
Provincial capital and city in South Kivu, DR Congo
Heure locale actuelle
07:19:20 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
CAT
Africa/Lubumbashi · UTC+02:00
Prochain jour férié
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bukavu right now
Aéroport le plus proche
FKI
Bangoka International Airport · 511 km
Aéroports indexés
3
Curated airport references available for Congo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 07:19:20 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Bukavu (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
18°C, Overcast
Feels like 20°C · Humidity 94% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:01 AM to 06:02 PM
Day length 12h 1m · Solar noon 12:02 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bukavu local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
816.8K
Coordinates
-2.49, 28.84
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Aéroports indexés
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Read time for Bukavu from the Africa/Lubumbashi zone (CAT, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 816.8K residents and ranks #6 among curated Congo-Kinshasa entries.
Geographically, Bukavu is at 2.49°S, 28.84°E — that places it in the Equatorial Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 276 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:01 AM and sets around 06:02 PM in Bukavu — about 12h 1m of daylight. Congo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Kabare (6 km from Bukavu) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Congo-Kinshasa.
On 2026-05-01, Labour Day is the next holiday flag for Bukavu — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
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 Bukavu.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:19 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:19 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:19 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:19 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 01:19 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 02:19 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 03:19 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 02:19 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Bukavu est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Bukavu n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Bukavu est UTC+02:00.
Bukavu sits at 2.49°S, 28.84°E in Congo-Kinshasa, with about 816.8K residents (rank #6 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bukavu is Dubai, about 4,195 km away as the crow flies.
Kabare is the closest indexed city, roughly 6 km from Bukavu.
Bangoka International Airport (FKI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 511 km from Bukavu.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo-Kinshasa, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu Province and as of 2012 it had an estimated population of 806,940.
From Bukavu the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~4,195 km), London (~6,598 km), Singapore (~8,346 km), while Los Angeles sits about 15,121 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Bukavu sits inside Congo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Kabare (6 km), Cyangugu (7 km), Bushenge (16 km), Shangi (21 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Bukavu — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Bukavu: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Bukavu: FKI Kisangani (511 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1022 km), FIH Kinshasa (1502 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 · 511 km from Bukavu
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1022 km from Bukavu
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 4m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1502 km from Bukavu
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 41m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now