Current time in Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
WAT (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Kinshasa
UTC +1
West Africa Time (WAT) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Kinshasa does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Kinshasa is always 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Kinshasa is
Africa/Kinshasa.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Kinshasa
- ▪Sunrise: 05:48
- ▪Sunset: 17:54
- ▪Day length: 12h 6m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:51
- ▪Current time in Kinshasa is currently 9 minutes behind solar time.
Kinshasa on map
- ▪Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ▪Latitude: -4,33. Longitude: 15,31
- ▪Population: 16,000,000
- ▪Elevation: 281 m
Time difference
from Kinshasa
Sun cycle
Sunrise 05:48
Solar noon 11:51Sunset 17:54
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Kinshasa- Abbreviation
- WAT
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1790071122
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 05:48
- Sunset
- 17:54
- Solar noon
- 11:51
- Day length
- 12h 06m
- Night length
- 11h 53m
- Civil twilight
- 05:27 – 18:15
Geography & country
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Region / State
- Kinshasa
- Coordinates
- -4.328°, 15.314°
- Elevation
- 281 m
- Population
- 16,000,000
- Classification
- Capital city
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