Tanzania time now, live flip clock
Tanzania runs on East Africa Time, EAT, UTC+3, with no change between seasons. Tanzania's current hour, minute and second run on the clock above.
Time zone in Tanzania
Dodoma, the capital, and Dar es Salaam read the same time to the minute.
- EAT, UTC+3
- Not observed
- Dar es Salaam
How many hours ahead or behind Dodoma
On 25 October 2026, Maputo is 1 hour behind Dodoma.
| City | Difference from Dodoma |
|---|---|
| Maputo | 1 hour behind |
| Johannesburg | 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | 1 hour ahead |
| Kolkata | 2 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | 5 hours ahead |
| London | 3 hours behind |
| Berlin | 2 hours behind |
| New York | 7 hours behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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Tanzania in the time zone files
- Linked to Kenya's entry
- EAT
- In today's time zone database, Dar es Salaam is a link rather than a separate zone. The backward file points that name at Nairobi, in Kenya. The clock above and the gaps below are worked out from that entry. The same entry also runs the clocks of Ethiopia, Madagascar and the Comoros.
- A quarter hour behind, for a while
- 15
- The database's backzone file, which it calls less reliable, gives Dar es Salaam its own local mean time at first. Then the record moves it to East Africa Time. Soon after the Second World War, it sets the clocks a quarter of an hour behind that. The spell lasts more than a decade in the record. Today Tanzania's clocks show EAT, UTC+3.
Questions about time in Tanzania
What time zone is Tanzania in?
The whole of Tanzania is on East Africa Time, EAT, UTC+3. The time zone database lists one zone for the whole country, filed under Dar es Salaam. Uganda and Somalia sit beside Tanzania in one group of the database's Africa file.
Does Tanzania have daylight saving time?
No. Tanzania's offset stays at EAT, UTC+3 through the whole year, with no summer shift. New York puts its clocks forward each spring, and Dodoma's stay put. Through the American winter, Dodoma runs 8 hours ahead of New York, so New York's early morning is Dodoma's afternoon. Once American summer time starts, that lead falls to seven hours.
Is Dodoma the capital of Tanzania?
Yes. A Tanzanian law declares Dodoma City the Capital City of the United Republic of Tanzania. The same law records an earlier declaration of Dodoma as capital, by Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President.
What is the time difference between Tanzania and India?
Mumbai and Delhi run 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of Dodoma, whatever the season. So Delhi's working day starts while Dar es Salaam is still at breakfast. Indian lunchtime falls in Tanzania's mid-morning.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Nairobi | EAT, UTC+3 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.