Indexed entity
Kigali is the kigali-RW record in Rwanda: country slug rwanda, city slug kigali, ISO RW, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Kigali.
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Live local time
Kigali, Rwanda
12:39:30 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Kigali
Quick answer
It is currently 12:39:30 PM (CAT, UTC+02:00) in Kigali, Rwanda — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
17°C
Cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
26°C
15°C
Wed
26°C
15°C
Thu
27°C
15°C
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
RWF
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
05:57 AM
Sunset
05:58 PM
Day length
12h 1m
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 Kigali, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:39 AM UTC.
Current local time
12:39:30 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
CAT
Africa/Kigali · UTC+02:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kigali right now
Nearest airport
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Kigali
Indexed airports
0
Curated airport references available for Rwanda
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Kigali, Rwanda.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 12:39 GMT+2
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Kigali 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
11:39 AM / -1h
Dubai
02:39 PM / +2h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
Musanze, 69 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:57 AM to 05:58 PM, with solar noon around 11:58 AM and total daylight of 12h 1m.
Mapped location
1.95°S, 30.06°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:39 AM / -1h
Good live-call window with Kigali right now.
New York
06:39 AM / -6h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:39 AM / -9h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:39 PM / +2h
Good live-call window with Kigali right now.
Singapore
06:39 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 Kigali.
No curated airport is currently mapped close enough to show as a planning cue.
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Kigali 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 Kigali right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest mapped context: Musanze, 69 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Kigali. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Kigali has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
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 Kigali.
Canonical route
/time/rwanda/kigali/
Catalog identity
kigali-RW · RW · Africa
Coordinate cell
1.95°S, 30.06°E · lat -1.950 · lon 30.059 · cell -195:3006
Population record
1,132,686 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Africa/Kigali · GMT+2 · UTC+02:00
January / July offsets
UTC+02:00 / UTC+02:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Musanze, Rwanda · 69 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 4,061 km
Closest airport references
No curated airport link is mapped directly to Kigali
Zone peer roster
Gisenyi, Rwanda · Musanze, Rwanda · Nyagatare, Rwanda
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Kigali: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Kigali is the kigali-RW record in Rwanda: country slug rwanda, city slug kigali, ISO RW, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Kigali.
1.95°S, 30.06°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -2 and longitude band 30; exact decimal pair -1.94995, 30.05885.
Rwanda: official name Republic of Rwanda; capital Kigali; region Africa; subregion Eastern Africa; country population 14,104,969; area 26,338 km²; languages English, French, Kinyarwanda; currencies RWF Rwandan franc. This is the country layer behind the Kigali clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Rwanda: Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills" for its high elevation and rolling terrain, its geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna in the southeast. The largest and most notable lakes are mainly in the western and northern regions of the country, and several volcanoes that form part of the Virunga volcanic chain are primarily in the northwest. The climate is considered tropical highland, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Its capital and largest city is Kigali, located at the centre of the country, at 1,567 metres above sea level. Source: Wikipedia.
Musanze [musanze-RW, RW, Africa/Kigali, 69 km]; Nyagatare [nyagatare-RW, RW, Africa/Kigali, 78 km]; Gisenyi [gisenyi-RW, RW, Africa/Kigali, 93 km]; Ngozi [ngozi-BI, BI, Africa/Bujumbura, 109 km]; Gitega [gitega-BI, BI, Africa/Bujumbura, 165 km]; Bujumbura [bujumbura-BI, BI, Africa/Bujumbura, 177 km]; Rumonge [rumonge-BI, BI, Africa/Bujumbura, 235 km]; Mwanza [mwanza-TZ, TZ, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, 322 km]
Kigali is part of this indexed country cluster: Kigali [kigali-RW, Africa/Kigali, pop 1,132,686]; Gisenyi [gisenyi-RW, Africa/Kigali, pop 172,357]; Musanze [musanze-RW, Africa/Kigali, pop 153,368]; Nyagatare [nyagatare-RW, Africa/Kigali, pop 100,000].
Dubai 4,061 km; London 6,590 km; Singapore 8,209 km; São Paulo 8,565 km; New York 11,331 km; Tokyo 11,896 km; Sydney 12,701 km; Los Angeles 15,162 km
Kigali has no nearby curated airport reference in the indexed airport snapshot for Rwanda.
Kigali renders Jun 2, 2026 · 12:39 GMT+2; GMT+2 at UTC+02:00; January UTC+02:00; July UTC+02:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
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 Kigali.
Kigali is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained Rwanda city pages. The route is /time/rwanda/kigali/ and the city id is kigali-RW.
Kigali has 13 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.
Kigali is pinned at 1.95°S, 30.06°E; Musanze (69 km); Dubai (4,061 km).
Africa/Kigali resolves to stable UTC+02:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Rwanda.
Kigali has no direct nearby-airport handoff · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 0 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Kigali 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.
Kigali: Kigali, officially the City of Kigali also known as Kigali City, is the capital, largest city, and a province-level administrative unit of Rwanda. It is located near the country's geographic centre, in a landscape of rolling hills marked by valleys and ridges connected by steep slopes. As Rwanda's primate city, Kigali is a relatively young urban centre. Founded in 1907 as a German administrative outpost, it served as a minor administrative centre until it became the national capital at independence in 1962, shifting the main administrative focus away from Huye.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+02:00) is constant year-round.
Kigali is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Kigali sits at 1.95°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Kigali sits at 1.95°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.1 million residents in the city proper.
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
Jan 1 (12h 14m)
Shortest day
May 19 (12h 1m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 13m
See the full daylight curve for Kigali at /sun/kigali/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Kigali local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Kigali |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Capital status
National capital of Rwanda
Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda, the country's political, economic, and cultural centre, with a population of roughly 1.1 to 1.7 million depending on the boundary used. It runs on Central Africa Time (CAT, UTC+2) year-round, as Rwanda does not observe daylight saving. The city sits near the geographic centre of Rwanda, spread across a series of green ridges and valleys in the hilly heart of the country, and became the capital at independence in 1962. Kigali is widely regarded as one of the cleanest and safest cities in Africa, a reputation linked to its 2008 ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags and the monthly Umuganda community clean-up. It has positioned itself as a regional conference and business hub, hosting events at the Kigali Convention Centre.
Reference fields include Kigali's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 12:39:30 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Kigali (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:57 AM to 05:58 PM
Day length 12h 1m · Solar noon 11:58 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kigali local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.1M
Coordinates
-1.95, 30.06
Timezone
Africa/Kigali
Indexed airports
0
Capital
Kigali
Languages
English, French
Currency
RWF (Fr)
Country area
26,338 km²
Kigali, Rwanda (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Kigali (CAT, UTC+02:00); population ~1.1M.
Coordinates: 1.95°S, 30.06°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~216 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:57 AM and sets around 05:58 PM in Kigali — about 12h 1m of daylight. Rwanda stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Musanze (69 km from Kigali) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with no airport pages currently indexed for Rwanda.
Kigali is indexed as a Africa city in the RW country record, using Africa/Kigali as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/rwanda/kigali/.
Location context: 1.95°S, 30.06°E; population 1,132,686; nearest indexed city Musanze is about 69 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 4,061 km away.
Country planning context: capital Kigali; subregion Eastern Africa; languages English, French, Kinyarwanda; currency RWF (Fr); area 26,338 km²; 0 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+02:00) is constant year-round.
Kigali is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Kigali sits at 1.95°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.1 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Kigali: Gisenyi (same time), San Francisco (−9h), Los Angeles (−9h), Singapore (+6h), Mumbai (+3.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
rwanda
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Kigali
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 Kigali.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Kigali: closest hubs Dubai (~4,061 km), London (~6,590 km), Singapore (~8,209 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~15,162 km).
Kigali sits inside Rwanda — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Kigali, languages English, French, Kinyarwanda, currency RWF (Fr).
Closest indexed cities to Kigali: Musanze (69 km), Nyagatare (78 km), Gisenyi (93 km), Ngozi (109 km).
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Kigali, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
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 | 11:39 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:39 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:39 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:39 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:39 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:39 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:39 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:39 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kigali is in the Africa/Kigali timezone (CAT), with a UTC offset of +02:00.
Kigali 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 Kigali is UTC+02:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Kigali, 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 · 12:39 GMT+2. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Kigali sits at 1.95°S, 30.06°E in Rwanda, with about 1.1M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kigali is Dubai, about 4,061 km away as the crow flies.
Musanze is the closest indexed city, roughly 69 km from Kigali.
Kigali uses Rwandan franc (RWF, symbol Fr) as the local currency of Rwanda.
The longest day of 2026 in Kigali falls on Jan 1 with about 12h 14m of daylight. The shortest is May 19 with 12h 1m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Kigali 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.