Windhoek — Africa/Windhoek
The current local time in the Africa/Windhoek IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Namibia in the area around Windhoek. The zone is currently at UTC +02:00 · CAT and does not observe daylight saving time.
Africa/Windhoek
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CAT
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +02:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Africa/Windhoek
Windhoek vs. major cities
How far Windhoek is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Windhoek, 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 Windhoek | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Delhi · India | +3:30 h | 12:30 | 09:00–13:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Beijing · China | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Windhoek 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 Windhoek
Since 1970, Windhoek has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 24 of 57 years. Since 2018 it has stayed on UTC +02:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Windhoek stays on UTC +02:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1993 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1994–2017 | UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in September, back on the first Sunday in April (since 1995) |
| 2018–2026 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Windhoek
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Africa/Windhoek on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Africa/Blantyre Bujumbura Africa/Bujumbura Gaborone Africa/Gaborone Harare Africa/Harare Johannesburg Africa/Johannesburg Juba Africa/Juba Khartoum Africa/Khartoum Kigali Africa/Kigali Lubumbashi Africa/Lubumbashi Lusaka Africa/Lusaka Maputo Africa/Maputo Maseru Africa/Maseru Mbabane Africa/Mbabane Tripoli Africa/Tripoli Kaliningrad Europe/Kaliningrad More references for Africa/Windhoek
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