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Tshikapa, Kongo - Kinşasa
12:21:39 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Lubumbashi

Tshikapa
Provincial capital and city in Kasaï, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Güncel yerel saat
12:21:39 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Saat dilimi
CAT
Africa/Lubumbashi · UTC+02:00
Sonraki tatil
Labour Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Şu an iş saati örtüşmesi
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Tshikapa right now
En yakın havalimanı
FIH
Ndjili International Airport · 634 km
İndekslenen havalimanları
3
Curated airport references available for Kongo - Kinşasa
Snapshot at render time: 12:21:39 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Tshikapa (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
23°C, Heavy rain showers
Feels like 26°C · Humidity 94% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:37 AM to 06:30 PM
Day length 11h 53m · Solar noon 12:34 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Tshikapa local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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religious1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma
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festival-buddhist1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma
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Population
634.5K
Coordinates
-6.42, 20.80
Timezone
Africa/Lubumbashi
İndekslenen havalimanları
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
For Kongo - Kinşasa, Tshikapa (rank #9 by population in this dataset) reads CAT, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Lubumbashi, and the city's roughly 634.5K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Geographically, Tshikapa is at 6.42°S, 20.80°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 712 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:37 AM and sets around 06:30 PM in Tshikapa — about 11h 53m of daylight. Kongo - Kinşasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Chitato (99 km from Tshikapa) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Kongo - Kinşasa.
On 2026-05-01, Labour Day is the next holiday flag for Tshikapa — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
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 Tshikapa.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:21 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:21 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:21 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:21 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:21 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:21 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:21 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:21 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Tshikapa, Africa/Lubumbashi saat dilimindedir (CAT), UTC farkı +02:00'dir.
Tshikapa şu anda yaz saati uygulaması yapmamaktadır.
Tshikapa için güncel UTC farkı UTC+02:00'dir.
Tshikapa sits at 6.42°S, 20.80°E in Kongo - Kinşasa, with about 634.5K residents (rank #9 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Tshikapa is Dubai, about 5,124 km away as the crow flies.
Chitato is the closest indexed city, roughly 99 km from Tshikapa.
Ndjili International Airport (FIH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 634 km from Tshikapa.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kongo - Kinşasa, on 1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma.
Tshikapa is the capital city of Kasaï Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located 60 km (37 mi) north of the Angolan border and 189 km (117 mi) west of Kananga at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers. According to records published by the Utrecht University library, the population of the city grew from 38,900 in 1970 to 180,900 in 1994. However, the Congo wars and the Kamwina Nsapu rebellion triggered waves of internal displacement, with many residents fleeing violence or relocating temporarily. The World Population Review estimates the 2025 population of Tshikapa and its urban agglomeration at 1,185,920.
From Tshikapa the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~5,124 km), London (~6,743 km), São Paulo (~7,426 km), while Los Angeles sits about 14,810 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Tshikapa sits inside Kongo - Kinşasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
Chitato (99 km), Dundo (106 km), Cassanguidi (131 km), Luebo (137 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Tshikapa — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Tshikapa: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kongo - Kinşasa.
Closest curated airport references from Tshikapa: FIH Kinshasa (634 km), FKI Kisangani (918 km), FBM Lubumbashi (937 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 634 km from Tshikapa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 34m
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 918 km from Tshikapa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 56m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 937 km from Tshikapa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 57m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now