Current time · South Kivu · DR Congo
Current time in Bukavu
- Time zone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- UTC offset
- UTC+2
- Name
- Central Africa Time (CAT)
- Daylight saving 2026
- no
Clock changes in 2026
Bukavu does not change its clocks in 2026 – it stays on UTC+2 all year.
Sun today
- Sunrise
- 5:41 AM
- Sunset
- 5:54 PM
- Day length
- 12 h 12 min
- Solar noon
- 11:48 AM
Civil dawn and dusk: 5:20 AM and 6:15 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (-2.49, 28.84).
Time difference: Bukavu and other cities
| City | Now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| London | −2 2 h behind | |
| New York | −7 7 h behind | |
| Los Angeles | −10 10 h behind | |
| Chicago | −8 8 h behind | |
| San Francisco | −10 10 h behind | |
| Toronto | −7 7 h behind | |
| Mexico City | −8 8 h behind | |
| São Paulo | −5 5 h behind | |
| Buenos Aires | −5 5 h behind | |
| Paris | −1 1 h behind | |
| Berlin | −1 1 h behind | |
| Amsterdam | −1 1 h behind | |
| Madrid | −1 1 h behind | |
| Rome | −1 1 h behind | |
| Warsaw | −1 1 h behind | |
| Kyiv | ±0 same time | |
| Moscow | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Istanbul | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Cairo | ±0 same time | |
| Lagos | −1 1 h behind | |
| Johannesburg | ±0 same time | |
| Nairobi | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Dubai | +2 2 h ahead | |
| Mumbai | +3:30 3 h 30 min ahead | |
| New Delhi | +3:30 3 h 30 min ahead | |
| Bangkok | +5 5 h ahead | |
| Jakarta | +5 5 h ahead | |
| Singapore | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Hong Kong | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Beijing | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Shanghai | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Seoul | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Tokyo | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Sydney | +9 9 h ahead | |
| Auckland | +11 11 h ahead | |
| Honolulu | −12 12 h behind |
Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city
In short
Bukavu is in the Africa/Lubumbashi time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC+2. Clocks here are 2 h ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Population: about 816,811 (GeoNames).