Current time in Lusaka, Zambia
The current local time in Lusaka is shown below. Lusaka observes CAT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Lusaka does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Africa/Lusaka
- Standard abbreviation
- CAT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Lusaka?
Zambia keeps Central Africa Time at UTC+2 with no daylight saving, the offset shared down the spine of south-central Africa. The plateau position and the latitude, around 15 degrees south, keep the seasonal swing in daylight modest, so the fixed clock tracks the sun reasonably well through the year. At around 28 degrees east the capital lies a little west of the offset's meridian, leaving the sun running slightly behind the civil clock.
What are the working hours in Lusaka?
Copper dominates the national economy, and although the mines lie to the north, their fortunes shape the capital, alongside government, agriculture, and a growing services sector. The working day runs broadly 08:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday, with Saturday mornings common in commerce. The Christian holidays at Christmas and Easter are the principal closures in this largely Christian country, and national days, including Independence Day in October and a dedicated day of prayer, punctuate the secular calendar. The mining shifts of the Copperbelt to the north, meanwhile, run around the clock.
Where is Lusaka?
Lusaka sits on a high plateau at around 1,280 metres near the centre of Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa. The capital and largest city holds around 3 million people in its metropolitan area. Chosen as the capital under British rule for its central position and healthy elevation, it lies at the junction of the main routes that cross the country, well south of the Copperbelt mining region near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.