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Kimpese, Congo - Kinshasa
09:56:20 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Kinshasa

Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Administrative divisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ora locale attuale
09:56:20 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Prossima festività
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kimpese right now
Aeroporto più vicino
FIH
Ndjili International Airport · 172 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Curated airport references available for Congo - Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 09:56:20 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kimpese (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
24°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 29°C · Humidity 95% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:01 AM to 05:57 PM
Day length 11h 56m · Solar noon 11:59 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kimpese local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Pentecost 2026
religiousdomenica 24 maggio 2026
25 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslunedì 25 maggio 2026
26 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlunedì 25 maggio 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemartedì 26 maggio 2026
27 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemercoledì 27 maggio 2026
28 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicmercoledì 27 maggio 2026
28 days to go
Population
79.5K
Coordinates
-5.56, 14.43
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Read time for Kimpese from the Africa/Kinshasa zone (WAT, UTC+01:00); the city carries roughly 79.5K residents and ranks #59 among curated Congo - Kinshasa entries.
Kimpese sits at 5.56°S, 14.43°E; that's the deep tropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~617 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:01 AM and sets around 05:57 PM in Kimpese — about 11h 56m of daylight. Congo - Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km from Kimpese) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Congo - Kinshasa.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Kimpese.
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 Kimpese.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 09:56 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 04:56 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:56 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:56 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 04:56 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 05:56 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:56 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:56 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Mbanza-Ngungu
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 58 km away
Cuímba
Angola
Approx. 66 km away
Mbanza Kongo
Angola
Approx. 81 km away
Inkisi
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 84 km away
Kenge
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 89 km away
Maquela do Zombo
Angola
Approx. 93 km away
Matadi
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 112 km away
Kasangulu
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 136 km away
Kimpese si trova nel fuso orario Africa/Kinshasa (WAT), con uno scostamento UTC di +01:00.
Kimpese non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Kimpese è UTC+01:00.
Kimpese sits at 5.56°S, 14.43°E in Congo - Kinshasa, with about 79.5K residents (rank #59 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kimpese is Dubai, about 5,583 km away as the crow flies.
Mbanza-Ngungu is the closest indexed city, roughly 58 km from Kimpese.
Ndjili International Airport (FIH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 172 km from Kimpese.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo - Kinshasa, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, chiefdoms and sectors are rural administrative divisions of territories. They are further subdivided into groupings which themselves are divided into villages. Chiefdoms and groupings are led by traditional leaders officially recognized by the government, whereas sector chiefs are appointed directly by the government.
Reading Kimpese against the global hubs: Dubai (~5,583 km), London (~6,496 km), São Paulo (~6,817 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~14,213 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Kimpese sits inside Congo - Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
The closest mapped neighbors of Kimpese are Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km), Cuímba (66 km), Mbanza Kongo (81 km), Inkisi (84 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kimpese: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo - Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Kimpese: FIH Kinshasa (172 km), FKI Kisangani (1385 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1588 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 · 172 km from Kimpese
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 58m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 1385 km from Kimpese
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 32m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1588 km from Kimpese
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 47m
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.
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