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Kipushi, Congo-Kinshasa
10:57:00 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi

Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Heure locale actuelle
10:57:00 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 Kipushi right now
Aéroport le plus proche
FBM
Lubumbashi International Airport · 36 km
Aéroports indexés
3
Curated airport references available for Congo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 10:57:00 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kipushi (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
19°C, Clear sky
Feels like 19°C · Humidity 70% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:17 AM to 05:59 PM
Day length 11h 42m · Solar noon 12:08 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kipushi local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
169.6K
Coordinates
-11.76, 27.25
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Aéroports indexés
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
For Congo-Kinshasa, Kipushi (rank #28 by population in this dataset) reads CAT, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Lubumbashi, and the city's roughly 169.6K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Geographically, Kipushi is at 11.76°S, 27.25°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's tropics, about 1305 km from the equator, with small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:17 AM and sets around 05:59 PM in Kipushi — about 11h 42m of daylight. Congo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Lubumbashi (27 km from Kipushi) 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 Kipushi — 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 Kipushi.
The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a major global supplier of minerals including cobalt, copper, diamonds, gold, tantalum, and tin. The DRC supplies over 60% of global cobalt, and mineral exports account for more than 95% of the country's export revenues.
From Kipushi the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~5,110 km), London (~7,513 km), São Paulo (~7,861 km), while Los Angeles sits about 15,734 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Kipushi sits inside Congo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Lubumbashi (27 km), Chililabombwe (91 km), Kansanshi (97 km), Likasi (103 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Kipushi — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kipushi: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Kipushi: FBM Lubumbashi (36 km), FKI Kisangani (1378 km), FIH Kinshasa (1536 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 · 36 km from Kipushi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 1378 km from Kipushi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 31m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1536 km from Kipushi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 43m
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 |
Kipushi est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Kipushi n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Kipushi est UTC+02:00.
Kipushi sits at 11.76°S, 27.25°E in Congo-Kinshasa, with about 169.6K residents (rank #28 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kipushi is Dubai, about 5,110 km away as the crow flies.
Lubumbashi is the closest indexed city, roughly 27 km from Kipushi.
Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 36 km from Kipushi.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo-Kinshasa, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.