Current time in Butha-Buthe
Friday, 17 July 2026
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho · Africa/Maseru · UTC+02:00
Time-zone identity for Butha-Buthe
- IANA zone
Africa/Maseru- 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.
Butha-Buthe is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Butha-Buthe
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Butha-Buthe
Conditions near Butha-Buthe and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 2°C
- Humidity
- 40%
- Wind
- 5.4 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny3°C to 16°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.1 km/h
- Sunny4°C to 16°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.8 km/h
- Sunny4°C to 15°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h
Forecast valid from 03:15 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T01:31:47.133Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T01:46:47.133Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Butha-Buthe
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Maseru, 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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Butha-Buthe
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Africa/Maseru local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:58
- Sunset
- 17:28
- Solar noon
- 12:13
- Civil twilight
- 06:33–17:54
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:12
- Moonset
- 20:58
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 12%
Location context
About Butha-Buthe
Location details for Butha-Buthe in Lesotho.
- Administrative area
- Lesotho
- Population
- 40,599
- Coordinates
- 28.7666° S, 28.2494° E. The elevation is 1,716 metres.
Country context
Lesotho at a glance
Country information for Lesotho. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Maseru
- Country codes
- LS · LSO · 426
- Population
- 2,108,132
- Currency
- Lesotho Loti (LSL)
- Calling code
- +266
- Languages
- English (Lesotho), Southern Sotho, Zulu, and Xhosa
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Africa/Maseru.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Butha-Buthe
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Butha-Buthe. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- HlotseLeribe, Lesotho23 km southwest
Africa/MaseruSame local time - MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho37 km west
Africa/MaseruSame local time - TeyateyanengBerea, Lesotho65 km southwest
Africa/MaseruSame local time - MaboteBerea, Lesotho91 km southwest
Africa/MaseruSame local time - Thaba-TsekaLesotho91 km south
Africa/MaseruSame local time - MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho96 km southwest
Africa/MaseruSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Africa/Maseru when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 932886 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T01:31:47.111Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T01:31:47.133Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T01:31:47.132Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.