Time in Uganda 🇺🇬
The current local time in Uganda is anchored on Kampala (Africa/Kampala, UTC +03:00 · EAT).
Kampala local time
Sunday, 11 October 2026 EAT
Uganda at a glance
- Capital
- Kampala
- ISO codes
- UG · UGA
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +256
- Currency
- Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Left
Time zones in Uganda
All of Uganda keeps the same clock, UTC +03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Kampala · Kampala | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Kampala vs. major cities
How far Kampala is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Kampala, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Kampala | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Kampala time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Kampala
Kampala has kept the same UTC +03:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Kampala stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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