Current Time in Kikwit, Congo - Kinshasa — WAT.

Indexed entity

Kikwit is the kikwit-CD record in Congo - Kinshasa: country slug democratic-republic-of-the-congo, city slug kikwit, ISO CD, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Kinshasa.

Coordinate fingerprint

5.04°S, 18.82°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -6 and longitude band 18; exact decimal pair -5.04098, 18.81619.

Country dossier

Congo - Kinshasa: official name Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital Kinshasa; region Africa; subregion Middle Africa; country population 112,832,000; area 2,344,858 km²; languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili; currencies CDF Congolese franc. This is the country layer behind the Kikwit clock, not a generic timezone-only record.

Congo - Kinshasa reference backdrop

Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo or less often Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the eleventh-largest in the world. With a population of around 124 million people, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth-most populous country in Africa and the most populous Francophone country in the world. French is the official and most widely spoken language, though there are over 200 indigenous languages, of which Lingala is the most widely spoken. The capital, largest city, and economic center is Kinshasa. The DRC is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean to the west; the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania to the east; and Zambia and Angola to the south. Centered on the Congo Basin, most of the country's terrain is covered by dense rainforests and is crossed by many rivers, while the east and southeast are mountainous. Source: Wikipedia.

Nearest mapped city vector

Masina [masina-CD, CD, Africa/Kinshasa, 387 km]; Kinshasa [kinshasa-CD, CD, Africa/Kinshasa, 396 km]; Brazzaville [brazzaville-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 401 km]; Kananga [kananga-CD, CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, 410 km]; Mbuji-Mayi [mbuji-mayi-CD, CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, 542 km]; Mbandaka [mbandaka-CD, CD, Africa/Kinshasa, 569 km]; Nkayi [nkayi-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 620 km]; Dolisie [dolisie-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 688 km]

Congo - Kinshasa city roster

Kikwit is part of this indexed country cluster: Kinshasa [kinshasa-CD, Africa/Kinshasa, pop 16,000,000]; Lubumbashi [lubumbashi-CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, pop 2,221,925]; Mbuji-Mayi [mbuji-mayi-CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, pop 2,101,332]; Kananga [kananga-CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, pop 1,247,168]; Kisangani [kisangani-CD, Africa/Lubumbashi, pop 1,181,788]; Kikwit [kikwit-CD, Africa/Kinshasa, pop 509,367]; Masina [masina-CD, Africa/Kinshasa, pop 485,167]; Mbandaka [mbandaka-CD, Africa/Kinshasa, pop 455,011].

World hub distance vector

Dubai 5,178 km; London 6,541 km; São Paulo 7,284 km; Singapore 9,468 km; New York 10,610 km; Tokyo 13,096 km; Sydney 13,407 km; Los Angeles 14,544 km

Airport references near this city

FIH Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa [CD, 381 km]; FKI Bangoka International Airport in Kisangani [CD, 950 km]; FBM Lubumbashi International Airport in Lubumbashi [CD, 1204 km]

Congo - Kinshasa airport roster

Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include FBM Lubumbashi International Airport in Lubumbashi [CD]; FIH Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa [CD]; FKI Bangoka International Airport in Kisangani [CD].

Calendar and offset context

Kikwit renders Jun 2, 2026 · 12:25 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-06-30.

Kikwit is a context-and-reference city; rank #6 of 8 retained Congo - Kinshasa city pages. The route is /time/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/kikwit/ and the city id is kikwit-CD.

Kikwit has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.

Kikwit is pinned at 5.04°S, 18.82°E; Masina (387 km); Dubai (5,178 km).

Africa/Kinshasa resolves to stable UTC+01:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Congo - Kinshasa.

FIH Ndjili International Airport (381 km) · Independence Day (Tuesday, June 30, 2026) · 3 country airport references · 11 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.

Kikwit uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.

Kikwit

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.

Local clock note

Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.

Local clock note

Kikwit is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.

Local clock note

Geographically at longitude 18.82°, Kikwit's mean solar noon falls about 15 minutes before civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run earlier on the clock than they would on true solar time.

Local clock note

Kikwit sits at 5.04°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.

Local clock note

Kikwit sits at 5.04°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.