Current Time in Tanzania
Tanzania uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Tanzania
It's 11:15 PM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Tanzania on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Tanzania does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 (EAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+3 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Dar es Salaam
Mwanza
Dodoma
Zanzibar
How Tanzania writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 Novemba 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the sw-TZ locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Tanzania
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Tanzania time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 8:15 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 3:15 PM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 12:15 PM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Fri 12:15 AM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 4:15 AM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 5:15 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 7:15 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 5:15 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Tanzania at a glance
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Population
- 68,153,004
- Currency
- Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Questions about time in Tanzania
- What time is it in Tanzania right now?
- When this page was generated it was 11:15 PM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Tanzania.
- How many time zones does Tanzania have?
- Tanzania uses one time zone, East Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Dar_es_Salaam).
- Does Tanzania observe daylight saving time?
- No. Tanzania does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.