Zimbabwe time now, live flip clock
Clocks across Zimbabwe show Central Africa Time, CAT, UTC+2. The clock above shows the time in Harare, down to the second.
Time zone in Zimbabwe
The table below measures from Harare, which Zimbabwe's government portal names as the capital city.
- CAT, UTC+2
- Not observed
- Harare
How many hours ahead or behind Harare
On 24 October 2026, Johannesburg is on the same time as Harare.
| City | Difference from Harare |
|---|---|
| Johannesburg | Same time |
| London | 1 hour behind |
| New York | 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | 2 hours ahead |
| Kolkata | 3 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | 6 hours ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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What the time zone records say about Zimbabwe
- Filed under a shared zone
- 8
- The main time zone data gives Zimbabwe no zone of its own. Its entry for Harare is a link to a zone whose main country is Mozambique. Five more countries and part of DR Congo use that zone as well.
- An older entry for Harare
- 4 min 12 s
- Outside the main data, a file called backzone keeps a separate entry for Harare. Its first line puts Harare on local mean time. That clock ran a little over four minutes ahead of today's. The entry leaves it early in the twentieth century.
Questions about time in Zimbabwe
What time zone is Zimbabwe in?
Zimbabwe uses Central Africa Time, CAT, UTC+2, in every part of the country. That name is the time zone database's. This site's data lists one zone for Zimbabwe, and Harare, the capital, sits on it. Lusaka and Gaborone show the same time as Harare.
Does Zimbabwe have daylight saving time?
No. The data behind this site has no daylight saving rule for the zone Zimbabwe uses. So its clocks stay on CAT, UTC+2, in every season. The gap with Britain does move, because the UK changes its clocks. London is 2 hours behind Harare in the British winter, and one hour behind in the British summer.
Is Zimbabwe on the same time as South Africa?
Yes. Johannesburg is on the same time as Harare all year, as neither place has clock changes in this site's data. A meeting time agreed in Harare reads the same on a Johannesburg clock. Only the codes differ. Johannesburg's zone uses SAST, while Zimbabwe's uses CAT.
What is the time difference between Zimbabwe and India?
India is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of Zimbabwe through the year. Neither side moves its clocks, so the gap does not change. When Harare reaches midday, Indian clocks already show mid-afternoon.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Maputo | CAT, UTC+2 | 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.