MaputoMozambique
Current time in Maputo, Mozambique
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMaputo time at a glance
- Country
- Mozambique
- Location
- Capital city of Mozambique
- Time zone
Africa/Maputo- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Maputo time guide
Does Maputo change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Africa Time (CAT), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Maputo
- Maputo and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Maputo and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
Capital city and separate province
Maputo City is not Maputo Province
Mozambique's statistics office estimated 1,127,565 residents in Maputo City in 2021. Maputo Province is a separate surrounding administrative unit, so adding or confusing the two changes the geographic meaning.
Time-zone identity for Maputo
- IANA zone
Africa/Maputo- 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.
Maputo is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Maputo
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Maputo
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Maputo, 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.
Capital city context
About Maputo, capital of Mozambique
Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Mozambique
- Administrative area
- Maputo City, Mozambique
- Population
- 1,254,837
- Coordinates
- 25.9655° S, 32.5832° E. The elevation is 70 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Maputo
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Maputo. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MatolaMaputo Province, Mozambique12 km west
Africa/MaputoSame local time - BoaneMaputo Province, Mozambique27 km west
Africa/MaputoSame local time - ManhiçaMaputo Province, Mozambique67 km north
Africa/MaputoSame local time - Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique83 km northwest
Africa/MaputoSame local time - MaciaGaza Province, Mozambique116 km northeast
Africa/MaputoSame local time - Xai-XaiGaza Province, Mozambique147 km northeast
Africa/MaputoSame local time
Sources for Maputo time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 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.
- Maputo City Statistical Yearbook 2021National Institute of Statistics Mozambique · 2021 statistical yearbook · AccessedOfficial city population, area and density indicators.