Indexed entity
Masina is the masina-CD record in Congo - Kinshasa: country slug democratic-republic-of-the-congo, city slug masina, ISO CD, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Kinshasa.
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Live local time
Masina, Congo - Kinshasa
11:48:12 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Kinshasa
Quick answer
It is currently 11:48:12 AM (WAT, UTC+01:00) in Masina, Congo - Kinshasa — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
24°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
34°C
24°C
24% rain
Wed
33°C
24°C
Thu
33°C
24°C
In 28 days
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
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Parents' Day
Sat, Aug 1, 2026
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Congolese Genocide Day
Sun, Aug 2, 2026
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Code
CDF
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Today
Sunrise
06:00 AM
Sunset
05:52 PM
Day length
11h 53m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Masina, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:48 AM UTC.
Current local time
11:48:12 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Next holiday
Independence Day
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Masina right now
Nearest airport
FIH
Ndjili International Airport · 6 km
Indexed airports
3
Curated airport references available for Congo - Kinshasa
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Masina, Congo - Kinshasa.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 11:48 GMT+1
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Masina is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+01:00
Zone label
GMT+1
London
11:48 AM / +0h
Dubai
02:48 PM / +3h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Travel cue
FIH Kinshasa, 6 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:00 AM to 05:52 PM, with solar noon around 11:56 AM and total daylight of 11h 52m.
Mapped location
4.38°S, 15.39°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:48 AM / +0h
Good live-call window with Masina right now.
New York
06:48 AM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:48 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:48 PM / +3h
Good live-call window with Masina right now.
Singapore
06:48 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Masina.
FIH · Ndjili International Airport
Kinshasa
FKI · Bangoka International Airport
Kisangani
FBM · Lubumbashi International Airport
Lubumbashi
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Kinshasa for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+01:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+01:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Masina right now.
Check local interruptions
Independence Day on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: FIH Kinshasa, 6 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Kinshasa. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Masina has no near-term DST change in view, but Independence Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Masina.
Canonical route
/time/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/masina/
Catalog identity
masina-CD · CD · Africa
Coordinate cell
4.38°S, 15.39°E · lat -4.384 · lon 15.391 · cell -438:1539
Population record
485,167 residents · country rank 7
Zone snapshot
Africa/Kinshasa · GMT+1 · UTC+01:00
January / July offsets
UTC+01:00 / UTC+01:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · 11 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 5,417 km
Closest airport references
FIH Kinshasa 6 km · FKI Kisangani 1230 km · FBM Lubumbashi 1558 km
Zone peer roster
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Masina: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Masina is the masina-CD record in Congo - Kinshasa: country slug democratic-republic-of-the-congo, city slug masina, ISO CD, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Kinshasa.
4.38°S, 15.39°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -5 and longitude band 15; exact decimal pair -4.38361, 15.39139.
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 Masina clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
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.
Kinshasa [kinshasa-CD, CD, Africa/Kinshasa, 11 km]; Brazzaville [brazzaville-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 18 km]; Nkayi [nkayi-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 235 km]; Dolisie [dolisie-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 303 km]; Franceville [franceville-GA, GA, Africa/Libreville, 366 km]; Kikwit [kikwit-CD, CD, Africa/Kinshasa, 387 km]; Pointe-Noire [pointe-noire-CG, CG, Africa/Brazzaville, 393 km]; Luanda [luanda-AO, AO, Africa/Luanda, 549 km]
Masina 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].
Dubai 5,417 km; London 6,387 km; São Paulo 6,967 km; Singapore 9,845 km; New York 10,275 km; Tokyo 13,347 km; Sydney 13,726 km; Los Angeles 14,210 km
FIH Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa [CD, 6 km]; FKI Bangoka International Airport in Kisangani [CD, 1230 km]; FBM Lubumbashi International Airport in Lubumbashi [CD, 1558 km]
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].
Masina renders Jun 2, 2026 · 11:48 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-06-30.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Masina.
Masina is a context-and-reference city; rank #7 of 8 retained Congo - Kinshasa city pages. The route is /time/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/masina/ and the city id is masina-CD.
Masina 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.
Masina is pinned at 4.38°S, 15.39°E; Kinshasa (11 km); Dubai (5,417 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 (6 km) · Independence Day (Tuesday, June 30, 2026) · 3 country airport references · 11 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Masina 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.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of both cities and territories. They are led by government appointed burgomasters and are further divided into quarters and embedded groupings.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Masina 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.
Masina sits at 4.38°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Masina sits at 4.38°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mid-sized city with around 485 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Masina city-proper figure.)
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Dec 19 (12h 23m)
Shortest day
Jun 7 (11h 52m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 31m
See the full daylight curve for Masina at /sun/masina/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Masina local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Masina |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 04:30 - 12:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 01:00 - 09:00 |
IANA time zones in country
2
Public holidays in 2026
11
Reference fields include Masina's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 11:48:12 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Masina (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:00 AM to 05:52 PM
Day length 11h 52m · Solar noon 11:56 AM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Masina local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
Population
485.2K
Coordinates
-4.38, 15.39
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Indexed airports
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
Masina, Congo - Kinshasa (population rank #7 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, UTC+01:00); population ~485.2K.
Coordinates: 4.38°S, 15.39°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~487 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:00 AM and sets around 05:52 PM in Masina — about 11h 52m of daylight. Congo - Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Kinshasa (11 km from Masina) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Congo - Kinshasa.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-06-30.
Masina is indexed as a Africa city in the CD country record, using Africa/Kinshasa as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/masina/.
Location context: 4.38°S, 15.39°E; population 485,167; nearest indexed city Kinshasa is about 11 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 5,417 km away.
Country planning context: capital Kinshasa; subregion Middle Africa; languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba; currency CDF (FC); area 2,344,858 km²; 3 curated airport references; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-06-30.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Masina 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.
Masina sits at 4.38°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mid-sized city with around 485 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Masina city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Masina: Kinshasa (same time), Sydney (+9h), Tokyo (+8h), Singapore (+7h), Mumbai (+4.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
democratic-republic-of-the-congo
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Kinshasa
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
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 Masina.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Masina: closest hubs Dubai (~5,417 km), London (~6,387 km), São Paulo (~6,967 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~14,210 km).
Masina sits inside Congo - Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Closest indexed cities to Masina: Kinshasa (11 km), Brazzaville (18 km), Nkayi (235 km), Dolisie (303 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Masina: Independence Day, Parents' Day, Congolese Genocide Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo - Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Masina: FIH Kinshasa (6 km), FKI Kisangani (1230 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1558 km).
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 6 km from Masina
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 1230 km from Masina
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 20m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1558 km from Masina
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 45m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:48 AM | +0h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:48 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:48 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:48 PM | +3h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:48 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:48 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:48 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:48 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kinshasa
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 11 km away
Brazzaville
Congo - Brazzaville
Approx. 18 km away
Nkayi
Congo - Brazzaville
Approx. 235 km away
Dolisie
Congo - Brazzaville
Approx. 303 km away
Franceville
Gabon
Approx. 366 km away
Kikwit
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 387 km away
Pointe-Noire
Congo - Brazzaville
Approx. 393 km away
Luanda
Angola
Approx. 549 km away
Masina is in the Africa/Kinshasa timezone (WAT), with a UTC offset of +01:00.
Masina does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+01:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Masina is UTC+01:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Masina, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 11:48 GMT+1. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Masina sits at 4.38°S, 15.39°E in Congo - Kinshasa, with about 485.2K residents (rank #7 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Masina is Dubai, about 5,417 km away as the crow flies.
Kinshasa is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Masina.
Ndjili International Airport (FIH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 6 km from Masina.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo - Kinshasa, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
Masina uses Congolese franc (CDF, symbol FC) as the local currency of Congo - Kinshasa.
The longest day of 2026 in Masina falls on Dec 19 with about 12h 23m of daylight. The shortest is Jun 7 with 11h 52m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
Congo - Kinshasa spans 2 IANA time zones in total; Masina's canonical zone for this page is Africa/Kinshasa.
In Masina local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 14:00-22:00; London 09:00-17:00; Frankfurt 08:00-16:00; Dubai 06:00-14:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.