Indexed entity
Nampula is the nampula-MZ record in Mozambique: country slug mozambique, city slug nampula, ISO MZ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Maputo.
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Live local time
Nampula, Mozambique
12:43:45 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Maputo
Quick answer
It is currently 12:43:45 PM (CAT, UTC+02:00) in Nampula, Mozambique — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
20°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
27°C
19°C
37% rain
Wed
27°C
18°C
Thu
28°C
18°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
05:42 AM
Sunset
04:59 PM
Day length
11h 17m
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 Nampula, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:43 AM UTC.
Current local time
12:43:45 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 Nampula right now
Nearest airport
MPM
Maputo Airport · 1388 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 Nampula, Mozambique.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 12:43 GMT+2
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Nampula 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
11:43 AM / -1h
Dubai
02:43 PM / +2h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Travel cue
MPM Maputo, 1388 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:42 AM to 04:59 PM, with solar noon around 11:21 AM and total daylight of 11h 17m.
Mapped location
15.12°S, 39.27°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:43 AM / -1h
Good live-call window with Nampula right now.
New York
06:43 AM / -6h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:43 AM / -9h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:43 PM / +2h
Good live-call window with Nampula right now.
Singapore
06:43 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 Nampula.
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 Nampula right now.
Check local interruptions
Independence Day on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: MPM Maputo, 1388 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
Nampula 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 Nampula.
Canonical route
/time/mozambique/nampula/
Catalog identity
nampula-MZ · MZ · Africa
Coordinate cell
15.12°S, 39.27°E · lat -15.116 · lon 39.267 · cell -1512:3927
Population record
770,379 residents · country rank 3
Zone snapshot
Africa/Maputo · GMT+2 · UTC+02:00
January / July offsets
UTC+02:00 / UTC+02:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Zomba, Malawi · 425 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 4,807 km
Closest airport references
MPM Maputo 1388 km
Zone peer roster
Maputo, Mozambique · Matola, Mozambique · Beira, Mozambique
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Nampula: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Nampula is the nampula-MZ record in Mozambique: country slug mozambique, city slug nampula, ISO MZ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Maputo.
15.12°S, 39.27°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -16 and longitude band 39; exact decimal pair -15.11646, 39.26660.
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 Nampula 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.
Zomba [zomba-MW, MW, Africa/Blantyre, 425 km]; Blantyre [blantyre-MW, MW, Africa/Blantyre, 462 km]; Moroni [moroni-KM, KM, Indian/Comoro, 575 km]; Fomboni [fomboni-KM, KM, Indian/Comoro, 577 km]; Lilongwe [lilongwe-MW, MW, Africa/Blantyre, 603 km]; Moutsamoudou [moutsamoudou-KM, KM, Indian/Comoro, 644 km]; Koungou [koungou-YT, YT, Indian/Mayotte, 693 km]; Mamoudzou [mamoudzou-YT, YT, Indian/Mayotte, 694 km]
Nampula 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 4,807 km; Singapore 7,326 km; London 8,330 km; São Paulo 8,936 km; Sydney 10,994 km; Tokyo 11,905 km; New York 13,047 km; Los Angeles 16,930 km
MPM Maputo Airport in Maputo [MZ, 1388 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include MPM Maputo Airport in Maputo [MZ].
Nampula renders Jun 2, 2026 · 12:43 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 Nampula.
Nampula is a manual-dossier city; rank #3 of 4 retained Mozambique city pages. The route is /time/mozambique/nampula/ and the city id is nampula-MZ.
Nampula 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.
Nampula is pinned at 15.12°S, 39.27°E; Zomba (425 km); Dubai (4,807 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 (1388 km) · Independence Day (Thursday, June 25, 2026) · 1 country airport reference · 9 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Nampula 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.
Nampula Province: Nampula is a province of northern Mozambique. It has an area of 79,010 km2 (30,510 sq mi) and a population of 5,758,920, making it the most populous province in Mozambique. Nampula is the capital of the province.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+02:00) is constant year-round.
Nampula 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 39.27°, Nampula's mean solar noon falls about 37 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.
Nampula sits at 15.12°S, in the southern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Nampula sits at 15.12°S, in the southern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
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 13 (13h 1m)
Shortest day
Jun 12 (11h 14m)
Year-round average
12h 6m
Annual swing
1h 47m
See the full daylight curve for Nampula at /sun/nampula/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Nampula local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Nampula |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Nampula is the largest city in northern Mozambique and the capital of Nampula Province, with a population of roughly 770,000. It observes Central Africa Time (CAT, UTC+2) year-round; Mozambique does not operate daylight saving. The city sits on the inland plateau between the Indian Ocean coast and Lake Malawi, and serves as the regional hub of the populous Macua-speaking heartland. Nampula grew from a Portuguese military outpost established in 1907 into a major commercial centre on the Nacala Corridor, the rail and road route linking the port of Nacala to landlocked Malawi and Zambia. The city is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese and hosts the National Ethnographic Museum, which holds one of the country's most important collections of Mozambican cultural artifacts.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (research).
Reference fields include Nampula's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 12:43:45 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Nampula (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:42 AM to 04:59 PM
Day length 11h 17m · Solar noon 11:21 AM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Nampula local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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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
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8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Population
770.4K
Coordinates
-15.12, 39.27
Timezone
Africa/Maputo
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Maputo
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
MZN (MT)
Country area
801,590 km²
Nampula, Mozambique (population rank #3 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Maputo (CAT, UTC+02:00); population ~770.4K.
Coordinates: 15.12°S, 39.27°E. Southern Hemisphere tropics, ~1678 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:42 AM and sets around 04:59 PM in Nampula — about 11h 17m of daylight. Mozambique stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Zomba (425 km from Nampula) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Mozambique.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-06-25.
Nampula 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/nampula/.
Location context: 15.12°S, 39.27°E; population 770,379; nearest indexed city Zomba is about 425 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 4,807 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.
Nampula 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 39.27°, Nampula's mean solar noon falls about 37 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.
Nampula sits at 15.12°S, in the southern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Sizeable city with about 770 thousand residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Nampula: Maputo (same time), San Francisco (−9h), Los Angeles (−9h), Lima (−7h), Belo Horizonte (−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 Nampula.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Nampula: closest hubs Dubai (~4,807 km), Singapore (~7,326 km), London (~8,330 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~16,930 km).
Nampula sits inside Mozambique — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Maputo, languages Portuguese, currency MZN (MT).
Closest indexed cities to Nampula: Zomba (425 km), Blantyre (462 km), Moroni (575 km), Fomboni (577 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Nampula: Independence Day, Victory Day, Revolution Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Mozambique.
Closest curated airport references from Nampula: MPM Maputo (1388 km).
Maputo AirportMPM
Maputo · 1388 km from Nampula
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 32m
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 | 11:43 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:43 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:43 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:43 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:43 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:43 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:43 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:43 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Nampula is in the Africa/Maputo timezone (CAT), with a UTC offset of +02:00.
Nampula 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 Nampula is UTC+02:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Nampula, 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 · 12:43 GMT+2. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Nampula sits at 15.12°S, 39.27°E in Mozambique, with about 770.4K residents (rank #3 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Nampula is Dubai, about 4,807 km away as the crow flies.
Zomba is the closest indexed city, roughly 425 km from Nampula.
Maputo Airport (MPM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 1388 km from Nampula.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Mozambique, on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
Nampula uses Mozambican metical (MZN, symbol MT) as the local currency of Mozambique.
The longest day of 2026 in Nampula falls on Dec 13 with about 13h 1m of daylight. The shortest is Jun 12 with 11h 14m; the year-round average is 12h 6m.
In Nampula 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.