Indexed entity
Matola is the matola-MZ record in Mozambique: country slug mozambique, city slug matola, ISO MZ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Maputo.
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Live local time
Matola, Mozambique
12:44:06 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Maputo
Quick answer
It is currently 12:44:06 PM (CAT, UTC+02:00) in Matola, Mozambique — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
17°C
Cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
27°C
16°C
Wed
27°C
16°C
Thu
28°C
17°C
In 23 days
Dia da Independência (Independence Day)
Thu, Jun 25, 2026
PublicIn 97 days
Dia da Victória (Victory Day)
Mon, Sep 7, 2026
PublicIn 115 days
Dia da Revolução (Revolution Day)
Fri, Sep 25, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
MZN
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
06:30 AM
Sunset
05:06 PM
Day length
10h 36m
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 Matola, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:44 AM UTC.
Current local time
12:44:06 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
CAT
Africa/Maputo · UTC+02:00
Next holiday
Independence Day
Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Matola right now
Nearest airport
MPM
Maputo Airport · 12 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Mozambique
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Matola, Mozambique.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 12:44 GMT+2
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Matola is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+02:00
Zone label
GMT+2
London
11:44 AM / -1h
Dubai
02:44 PM / +2h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Travel cue
MPM Maputo, 12 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:30 AM to 05:06 PM, with solar noon around 11:48 AM and total daylight of 10h 36m.
Mapped location
25.96°S, 32.46°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:44 AM / -1h
Good live-call window with Matola right now.
New York
06:44 AM / -6h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -9h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:44 PM / +2h
Good live-call window with Matola right now.
Singapore
06:44 PM / +6h
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 Matola.
MPM · Maputo Airport
Maputo
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Maputo for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+02:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+02:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Matola right now.
Check local interruptions
Independence Day on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: MPM Maputo, 12 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Maputo. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Matola 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 Matola.
Canonical route
/time/mozambique/matola/
Catalog identity
matola-MZ · MZ · Africa
Coordinate cell
25.96°S, 32.46°E · lat -25.962 · lon 32.459 · cell -2596:3246
Population record
1,198,988 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Africa/Maputo · GMT+2 · UTC+02:00
January / July offsets
UTC+02:00 / UTC+02:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Maputo, Mozambique · 12 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 6,194 km
Closest airport references
MPM Maputo 12 km
Zone peer roster
Maputo, Mozambique · Nampula, Mozambique · Beira, Mozambique
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Matola: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Matola is the matola-MZ record in Mozambique: country slug mozambique, city slug matola, ISO MZ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Maputo.
25.96°S, 32.46°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -26 and longitude band 32; exact decimal pair -25.96222, 32.45889.
Mozambique: official name Republic of Mozambique; capital Maputo; region Africa; subregion Eastern Africa; country population 34,090,466; area 801,590 km²; languages Portuguese; currencies MZN Mozambican metical. This is the country layer behind the Matola clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Mozambique: Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar through the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo. Source: Wikipedia.
Maputo [maputo-MZ, MZ, Africa/Maputo, 12 km]; Manzini [manzini-SZ, SZ, Africa/Mbabane, 123 km]; Lobamba [lobamba-SZ, SZ, Africa/Mbabane, 138 km]; Mbabane [mbabane-SZ, SZ, Africa/Mbabane, 138 km]; Pretoria [pretoria-ZA, ZA, Africa/Johannesburg, 428 km]; Johannesburg [johannesburg-ZA, ZA, Africa/Johannesburg, 442 km]; Durban [durban-ZA, ZA, Africa/Johannesburg, 455 km]; Maputsoe [maputsoe-LS, LS, Africa/Maseru, 555 km]
Matola is part of this indexed country cluster: Maputo [maputo-MZ, Africa/Maputo, pop 1,254,837]; Matola [matola-MZ, Africa/Maputo, pop 1,198,988]; Nampula [nampula-MZ, Africa/Maputo, pop 770,379]; Beira [beira-MZ, Africa/Maputo, pop 687,764].
Dubai 6,194 km; São Paulo 7,859 km; Singapore 8,220 km; London 9,184 km; Sydney 10,742 km; Tokyo 13,133 km; New York 13,188 km; Los Angeles 17,066 km
MPM Maputo Airport in Maputo [MZ, 12 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include MPM Maputo Airport in Maputo [MZ].
Matola renders Jun 2, 2026 · 12:44 GMT+2; GMT+2 at UTC+02:00; January UTC+02:00; July UTC+02:00; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-06-25.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Matola.
Matola is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained Mozambique city pages. The route is /time/mozambique/matola/ and the city id is matola-MZ.
Matola has 16 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.
Matola is pinned at 25.96°S, 32.46°E; Maputo (12 km); Dubai (6,194 km).
Africa/Maputo resolves to stable UTC+02:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Mozambique.
MPM Maputo Airport (12 km) · Independence Day (Thursday, June 25, 2026) · 1 country airport reference · 9 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Matola 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.
Matola: Matola is the largest suburb of the Mozambique capital, Maputo, adjacent to its westernmost side. It is the nation's most populated city. Matola is the capital of Maputo Province and has had its own elected municipal government since 1998. It has a port and also the biggest industrial area in Mozambique. The population of Matola was, according to the 2007 census, 671,556 inhabitants, having increased to a 2017 census population of 1,032,197.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+02:00) is constant year-round.
Matola is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 32.46°, Matola's mean solar noon falls about 10 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.
Matola sits at 25.96°S in the southern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 10 hours 23 minutes on the December solstice and about 13 hours 37 minutes on the June solstice.
Matola sits at 25.96°S in the southern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 10 hours 23 minutes on the December solstice and about 13 hours 37 minutes on the June solstice.
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 18 (13h 46m)
Shortest day
Jun 15 (10h 31m)
Year-round average
12h 6m
Annual swing
3h 15m
See the full daylight curve for Matola at /sun/matola/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Matola local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Matola |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 15:00 - 23:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 07:00 - 15:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 05:30 - 13:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 02:00 - 10:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
9
Matola is one of the largest cities in Mozambique and the capital of Maputo Province, located immediately west of the national capital, Maputo, with which it forms a continuous metropolitan area; its population has grown past 1 million. Central Africa Time (CAT, UTC+2) is the country's fixed civil time, with no daylight saving. Matola is the principal industrial centre of southern Mozambique, hosting heavy industry, an aluminium smelter, and large port and logistics facilities tied to the Maputo corridor that links the area to neighbouring South Africa. Once a small settlement on the edge of Maputo, the city has expanded rapidly with industrial investment and population overflow from the capital.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Matola's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 12:44:06 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Matola (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:30 AM to 05:06 PM
Day length 10h 36m · Solar noon 11:48 AM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Matola local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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34 days to go
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161 days to go
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187 days to go
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8 days to go
Population
1.2M
Coordinates
-25.96, 32.46
Timezone
Africa/Maputo
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Maputo
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
MZN (MT)
Country area
801,590 km²
Matola, Mozambique (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Maputo (CAT, UTC+02:00); population ~1.2M.
Coordinates: 25.96°S, 32.46°E. Southern Hemisphere subtropics, ~2882 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:30 AM and sets around 05:06 PM in Matola — about 10h 36m of daylight. Mozambique stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Maputo (12 km from Matola) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Mozambique.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-06-25.
Matola is indexed as a Africa city in the MZ country record, using Africa/Maputo as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/mozambique/matola/.
Location context: 25.96°S, 32.46°E; population 1,198,988; nearest indexed city Maputo is about 12 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 6,194 km away.
Country planning context: capital Maputo; subregion Eastern Africa; languages Portuguese; currency MZN (MT); area 801,590 km²; 1 curated airport references; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-06-25.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+02:00) is constant year-round.
Matola is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 32.46°, Matola's mean solar noon falls about 10 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.
Matola sits at 25.96°S in the southern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 10 hours 23 minutes on the December solstice and about 13 hours 37 minutes on the June solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.2 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Matola: Maputo (same time), San Francisco (−9h), Los Angeles (−9h), Johannesburg (same time), São Paulo (−5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
mozambique
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Maputo
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
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 Matola.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Matola: closest hubs Dubai (~6,194 km), São Paulo (~7,859 km), Singapore (~8,220 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~17,066 km).
Matola sits inside Mozambique — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Maputo, languages Portuguese, currency MZN (MT).
Closest indexed cities to Matola: Maputo (12 km), Manzini (123 km), Lobamba (138 km), Mbabane (138 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Matola: Independence Day, Victory Day, Revolution Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Mozambique.
Closest curated airport references from Matola: MPM Maputo (12 km).
Maputo AirportMPM
Maputo · 12 km from Matola
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
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 | 11:44 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:44 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:44 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:44 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:44 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:44 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:44 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:44 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Matola is in the Africa/Maputo timezone (CAT), with a UTC offset of +02:00.
Matola does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+02:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Matola is UTC+02:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Matola, 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 · 12:44 GMT+2. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Matola sits at 25.96°S, 32.46°E in Mozambique, with about 1.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Matola is Dubai, about 6,194 km away as the crow flies.
Maputo is the closest indexed city, roughly 12 km from Matola.
Maputo Airport (MPM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 12 km from Matola.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Mozambique, on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
Matola uses Mozambican metical (MZN, symbol MT) as the local currency of Mozambique.
The longest day of 2026 in Matola falls on Dec 18 with about 13h 46m of daylight. The shortest is Jun 15 with 10h 31m; the year-round average is 12h 6m.
In Matola local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 15:00-23:00; London 10:00-18:00; Frankfurt 09:00-17:00; Dubai 07:00-15:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.