Current time in Gaborone, Botswana
Central Africa Time
UTC+02:00- Time zone
- Central Africa Time · Africa/Gaborone
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Abbreviation
- CAT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+2 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Botswana (capital) · 24.65° S, 25.91° E
- Population
- 246,325
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Gaborone at about 12:16 standard time: the clock runs about 16 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:00 and 12:31 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:19 | 18:27 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:59 | 17:36 | 10h 36m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:05 | 18:12 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 05:24 | 19:04 | 13h 40m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:58–18:15 (12 h 16 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.