Current time in Maputo, Mozambique
The current local time in Maputo is shown below. Maputo observes CAT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Maputo 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/Maputo
- Standard abbreviation
- CAT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Maputo?
Mozambique keeps Central Africa Time at UTC+2 year-round, the same offset as neighbouring South Africa, so the busy cross-border traffic with Johannesburg and the South African ports involves no change of clock. The country observes no daylight saving. Lying on the coast at around 32 degrees east, Maputo sits near the meridian for the offset, leaving the civil clock and the sun closely aligned, and its low southern latitude keeps seasonal daylight variation modest.
What are the working hours in Maputo?
Portuguese is the working language, and the day runs broadly 08:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday, with the port, the aluminium smelter, and trade with South Africa anchoring the formal economy alongside a large informal sector. The close ties to its larger neighbour mean the rhythms of Johannesburg's markets are felt here. The Christian holidays at Christmas and Easter are the principal closures, alongside national days including Independence Day in June and Heroes' Day in February. The port and the rail corridor to South Africa keep cargo moving outside office hours.
Where is Maputo?
Maputo sits at the southern tip of Mozambique on a large bay of the Indian Ocean, close to the borders with South Africa and Eswatini. The capital and largest city holds around 1.1 million people in the city proper and more across the surrounding area. Laid out by Portuguese colonial planners with wide avenues, it anchors the far south of a long, thin country that stretches some 2,500 kilometres up the south-eastern African coast.