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Kikwit, Congo-Kinshasa
08:44:18 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Kinshasa

Kikwit
City in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Heure locale actuelle
08:44:18 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Prochain jour férié
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kikwit right now
Aéroport le plus proche
FIH
Ndjili International Airport · 381 km
Aéroports indexés
3
Curated airport references available for Congo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 08:44:18 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kikwit (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
24°C, Heavy rain showers
Feels like 28°C · Humidity 90% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:43 AM to 05:40 PM
Day length 11h 57m · Solar noon 11:42 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kikwit local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
The Mandalorian and Grogu
release-movievendredi 22 mai 2026
23 days to go
Pentecost 2026
religiousdimanche 24 mai 2026
25 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslundi 25 mai 2026
26 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlundi 25 mai 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemardi 26 mai 2026
27 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemercredi 27 mai 2026
28 days to go
Population
509.4K
Coordinates
-5.04, 18.82
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Aéroports indexés
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Kikwit (rank #10 by population in this dataset) sits at Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, UTC+01:00) with roughly 509.4K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Congo-Kinshasa.
The coordinates 5.04°S, 18.82°E put Kikwit roughly 560 km from the equator in the deep tropics of the Southern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 05:43 AM and sets around 05:40 PM in Kikwit — about 11h 57m of daylight. Congo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Bulungu (60 km from Kikwit) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Congo-Kinshasa.
Kikwit 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 Kikwit.
Kikwit is the largest city of Kwilu Province, in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Located at the furthest navigable point of the Kwilu River, the urban area of Kikwit is primarily on its left bank. The city has over half a million inhabitants. Kikwit is divided into four communes, with decentralised leadership: Kazamba, Lukemi, Lukolela, and Nzinda.
Distance-wise, Kikwit is closest to Dubai (~5,178 km), London (~6,541 km), São Paulo (~7,284 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 14,544 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Kikwit sits inside Congo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Around Kikwit, the nearest mapped reference cities are Bulungu (60 km), Idiofa (86 km), Masi-Manimba (107 km), Mangai (138 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for WAT planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kikwit: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Kikwit: FIH Kinshasa (381 km), FKI Kisangani (950 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1204 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.
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 381 km from Kikwit
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 14m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 950 km from Kikwit
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 58m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1204 km from Kikwit
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 18m
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 | 08:44 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:44 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:44 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:44 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 03:44 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 04:44 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 05:44 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:44 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Bulungu
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 60 km away
Idiofa
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 86 km away
Masi-Manimba
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 107 km away
Mangai
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 138 km away
Dibaya-Lubwe
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 152 km away
Dungu
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 158 km away
Ilebo
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 211 km away
Bandundu Province
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 249 km away
Kikwit est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Kinshasa (WAT), avec un décalage UTC de +01:00.
Kikwit n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Kikwit est UTC+01:00.
Kikwit sits at 5.04°S, 18.82°E in Congo-Kinshasa, with about 509.4K residents (rank #10 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kikwit is Dubai, about 5,178 km away as the crow flies.
Bulungu is the closest indexed city, roughly 60 km from Kikwit.
Ndjili International Airport (FIH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 381 km from Kikwit.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo-Kinshasa, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.