FrancistownBotswana
Current time in Francistown, Botswana
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockFrancistown time at a glance
- Country
- Botswana
- Location
- City in City of Francistown
- Time zone
Africa/Gaborone- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Francistown
- IANA zone
Africa/Gaborone- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Francistown is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Francistown
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Tuesday, 14 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Francistown
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Gaborone, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Francistown
Location details for Francistown in City of Francistown, Botswana.
- Administrative area
- City of Francistown, Botswana
- Population
- 103,417
- Coordinates
- 21.1700° S, 27.5078° E. The elevation is 989 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Francistown
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Francistown. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- TonotaCentral, Botswana31 km south
Africa/GaboroneSame local time - TutumeCentral, Botswana90 km northwest
Africa/GaboroneSame local time - Selebi-PhikweSelibe Phikwe, Botswana96 km south
Africa/GaboroneSame local time - BobonongCentral, Botswana131 km southeast
Africa/GaboroneSame local time - PalapyeCentral, Botswana158 km south
Africa/GaboroneSame local time - SeroweCentral, Botswana158 km southwest
Africa/GaboroneSame local time
Sources for Francistown time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.