Local time · Botswana
What time is it in Botswana?
11:46:44AM
- UTC offset
- UTC+2:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Time zones
- One nationwide
- Versus New York
- 7 hours ahead
Botswana does not change its clocks
Botswana stays on UTC+2:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 2 hours ahead of UTC, and 7 hours ahead of New York.
Working with Botswana from the US
Gaborone is 7 hours ahead of New York and 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 4:00 pm in Gaborone.
To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.
The sun in Gaborone today
- Sunrise
- 5:22 am
- Sunset
- 6:38 pm
- Day length
- 13 hours 16 minutes
- Solar noon
- 12:00 pm
The day is 13 hours 16 minutes long in Gaborone, and gaining 1 minute a day. The sun peaks within a few minutes of twelve o’clock, so Botswana’s offset fits its longitude about as closely as a whole-hour offset can.
The solar year swings 3 hours 4 minutes in Gaborone: 13 hours 40 minutes of daylight at the December solstice against 10 hours 36 minutes at the June one. Being south of the equator, its longest day falls in December — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.
Botswana’s offset has not moved once since 1970 — no daylight saving, and no change of zone.
Other countries
On UTC+2:00 right now, the same clock as Botswana: