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Kolwezi, Congo - Kinshasa
10:56:58 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi

Kolwezi
Provincial capital and city in Lualaba, DR Congo
Ora locale attuale
10:56:58 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
CAT
Africa/Lubumbashi · UTC+02:00
Prossima festività
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kolwezi right now
Aeroporto più vicino
FBM
Lubumbashi International Airport · 245 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Curated airport references available for Congo - Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 10:56:58 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kolwezi (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
19°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 18°C · Humidity 64% · Wind 14 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:23 AM to 06:07 PM
Day length 11h 44m · Solar noon 12:15 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kolwezi local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
790.2K
Coordinates
-10.71, 25.47
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
For Congo - Kinshasa, Kolwezi (rank #7 by population in this dataset) reads CAT, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Lubumbashi, and the city's roughly 790.2K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Geographically, Kolwezi is at 10.71°S, 25.47°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's tropics, about 1189 km from the equator, with small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:23 AM and sets around 06:07 PM in Kolwezi — about 11h 44m of daylight. Congo - Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Fungurume (94 km from Kolwezi) 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 Kolwezi — 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 Kolwezi.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 09:56 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 04:56 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:56 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:56 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 04:56 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 05:56 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:56 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:56 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Fungurume
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 94 km away
Malemba
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 107 km away
Kambove
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 125 km away
Likasi
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 142 km away
Chisasa
Zambia
Approx. 155 km away
Mwinilunga
Zambia
Approx. 160 km away
Bukama
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 173 km away
Manyama
Zambia
Approx. 183 km away
Kolwezi si trova nel fuso orario Africa/Lubumbashi (CAT), con uno scostamento UTC di +02:00.
Kolwezi non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Kolwezi è UTC+02:00.
Kolwezi sits at 10.71°S, 25.47°E in Congo - Kinshasa, with about 790.2K residents (rank #7 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kolwezi is Dubai, about 5,136 km away as the crow flies.
Fungurume is the closest indexed city, roughly 94 km from Kolwezi.
Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 245 km from Kolwezi.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo - Kinshasa, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.
Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba. The population is approximately 573,000.
From Kolwezi the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~5,136 km), London (~7,344 km), São Paulo (~7,722 km), while Los Angeles sits about 15,511 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Kolwezi sits inside Congo - Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Fungurume (94 km), Malemba (107 km), Kambove (125 km), Likasi (142 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Kolwezi — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kolwezi: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo - Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Kolwezi: FBM Lubumbashi (245 km), FKI Kisangani (1245 km), FIH Kinshasa (1309 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 · 245 km from Kolwezi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 1245 km from Kolwezi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 21m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 1309 km from Kolwezi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 26m
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