Current time in Kabwe

Zambia Africa/Lusaka UTC+02:00

Current time

20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026

Africa/Lusaka · CAT (UTC+02:00)

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Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise
05:57
Sunset
18:02
Solar noon
11:59
Daylight
12 h 5 min
Night
11 h 55 min

Today and the next four days

Date Sunrise Sunset Daylight Change
05:57 18:02 12 h 5 min
05:56 18:02 12 h 6 min +48 s
05:55 18:02 12 h 7 min +49 s
05:54 18:02 12 h 7 min +48 s
05:54 18:02 12 h 8 min +48 s

Twilight

Kind Begins (morning) Ends (evening)
Civil twilight (daylight begins / ends) 05:35 18:23
Nautical twilight 05:11 18:48
Astronomical twilight 04:46 19:13

Civil twilight is the period when the sun is within 6 degrees below the horizon — bright enough to see outdoors without lights, and what people usually mean by “it gets light” and “it gets dark”. Nautical uses 12 degrees and astronomical 18 degrees. At high latitudes a band can be absent for a whole day, in which case the row is left blank.

Longest and shortest days in 2026

Longest day
12 h 59 min (20 December 2026)
Shortest day
11 h 16 min (20 June 2026)

Computed from the coordinates of Kabwe: -14.4469, 28.44644.

Sunrise and sunset are the moments when the centre of the sun is 50 arcminutes below the horizon, which accounts for atmospheric refraction and the sun’s apparent radius — the same convention as common astronomical almanacs. Daylight is sunset minus sunrise; night is taken as 24 hours minus daylight. Elevation, terrain and local weather are not included, so observed times can differ by a minute or two.

Zone details

Country / regionZambia
Administrative division Central
IANA time zoneAfrica/Lusaka
Current UTC offsetUTC+02:00
Zone abbreviationCAT
Population188,979
Latitude / longitude-14.4469000, 28.4464400

Daylight saving

Kabwe does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+02:00 all year.

This moment in other formats

Unix timestamp1789929530
ISO 86012026-09-20T20:38:50+02:00
ISO week2026-W38
Day of the yearday 263 of 365
Days left this year102 days

These values update with the clock above and use the local date in Kabwe.

Convert other values with the timestamp tool

Difference from a reference city

Kabwe is 1 hours ahead of London.

Kabwe 20:38
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Reference city:London 19:38
Sunday, 20 September 2026

Both places are on the same date right now.

Open both cities in the comparison view

Working-hours overlap with London

About 8 h of overlap each day.

  • Kabwe 10:00–18:00 matches London 09:00–17:00

Working hours are taken as 09:00–18:00 local on each side, using the offsets for today.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Kabwe. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.

Kabwe (source) London (target)
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19:00 18:00
20:00 19:00
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23:00 22:00

Other cities in Zambia

  • Lusaka 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Ndola 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Kitwe 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Chipata 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Chingola 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Mufulira 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Luanshya 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Livingstone 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Kasama 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Kalulushi 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Mazabuka 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00
  • Chililabombwe 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 UTC+02:00

Cities also on Africa/Lusaka

  • Lusaka 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Ndola 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Kitwe 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Chipata 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Chingola 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Mufulira 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Luanshya 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00
  • Livingstone 20:38 Sunday, 20 September 2026 Zambia · UTC+02:00

How to use this page

The top of the page shows the current date and time in Kabwe, ticking in the Africa/Lusaka zone. To convert a specific moment to another city, use the comparison link below, where you can enter a date and time.

How the time is calculated

Kabwe is bound to the IANA identifier Africa/Lusaka. The server resolves the UTC offset and daylight saving state for the requested moment and renders the first view; the browser then keeps time in the same zone and re-syncs when the tab comes back to the foreground. No fixed offset stands in for the zone, and no zone is guessed from the city name.

FAQ

Which time zone is Kabwe in?
Kabwe uses the IANA identifier Africa/Lusaka, currently UTC+02:00. The same identifier can have different offsets on different dates; the value above is for the current moment.
Does Kabwe observe daylight saving time?
The daylight saving section above answers this from the IANA database: cities that do not observe it show no changeover text, and cities that do show the current state and the next local changeover time.
What time are sunrise and sunset in Kabwe today?
The sunrise and sunset section above gives today’s sunrise, sunset and solar noon along with the length of daylight and night, plus how they change over the next four days. Times are computed from the coordinates of Kabwe in the Africa/Lusaka zone; at high latitudes sunrise or sunset can fall on the adjacent date, which the page marks explicitly.
How many hours is Kabwe from London?
Calculated for the current moment: Kabwe is 1 hours ahead of London. The section above also shows each side’s local date at that same instant. Because the two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, the gap changes during the year — use the fixed-date mode in the comparison tool for another date.
Can a cached page show the wrong time?
No. The first render uses server time as a starting value, and as soon as the page loads the browser recomputes the current moment for Africa/Lusaka and takes over the clock, so a cache hit still shows the time at which you opened it.

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