WindhoekNamibia
Current time in Windhoek, Namibia
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockWindhoek time at a glance
- Country
- Namibia
- Location
- Capital city of Namibia
- Time zone
Africa/Windhoek- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Windhoek time guide
Does Windhoek change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Africa Time (CAT), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Windhoek
- Windhoek and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Windhoek and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
City and Khomas Region
Windhoek is not the whole Khomas Region
Namibia's 2023 census counted 486,169 people in the Windhoek urban locality. Khomas regional totals also include residents outside the city boundary and should not be used as city-only figures.
Time-zone identity for Windhoek
- IANA zone
Africa/Windhoek- 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.
Windhoek is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Windhoek
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 Windhoek
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Windhoek, 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 Windhoek, capital of Namibia
Windhoek is the capital of Namibia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Namibia
- Administrative area
- Khomas Region, Namibia
- Population
- 386,219
- Coordinates
- 22.5594° S, 17.0832° E. The elevation is 1,700 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Windhoek
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Windhoek. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KatuturaKhomas Region, Namibia4.7 km northwest
Africa/WindhoekSame local time - OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia67 km north
Africa/WindhoekSame local time - RehobothHardap Region, Namibia84 km south
Africa/WindhoekSame local time - GobabisOmaheke Region, Namibia194 km east
Africa/WindhoekSame local time - OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia237 km north
Africa/WindhoekSame local time - SwakopmundErongo Region, Namibia263 km west
Africa/WindhoekSame local time
Sources for Windhoek 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.
- 2023 Population and Housing Census Preliminary ReportNamibia Statistics Agency · 2023 census · AccessedOfficial town population, sex, area and density tables.