Current Time in Zambia
Zambia 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 Zambia
It's 10:15 PM CAT (UTC+02:00) in Zambia on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Zambia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+2 all year.
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Lusaka
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 (CAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+2 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
Lusaka
Kitwe
Ndola
Chipata
How Zambia writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 November 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 pm
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the en-ZM locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Zambia
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Zambia time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 8:15 PM | 2 h behind | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 3:15 PM | 7 h behind | 1 h (16:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 12:15 PM | 10 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Fri 12:15 AM | 2 h ahead | 6 h (09:00–15:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 4:15 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 5:15 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 7:15 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 5:15 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
Zambia at a glance
- Capital
- Lusaka
- Population
- 19,693,423
- Currency
- Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
Questions about time in Zambia
- What time is it in Zambia right now?
- When this page was generated it was 10:15 PM CAT (UTC+02:00) in Zambia.
- How many time zones does Zambia have?
- Zambia uses one time zone, Central Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Lusaka).
- Does Zambia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Zambia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+2 all year.