KigaliRwanda
Current time in Kigali, Rwanda
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockKigali time at a glance
- Country
- Rwanda
- Location
- Capital city of Rwanda
- Time zone
Africa/Kigali- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Kigali time guide
Does Kigali change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Africa Time (CAT), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Kigali
- Kigali and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Kigali and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
Capital province and urban population
Kigali city contains three districts
Rwanda's 2022 census counted 1,745,555 people in the City of Kigali, including 1,517,168 urban residents. The city-level total covers Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge districts, not only the dense urban core.
Time-zone identity for Kigali
- IANA zone
Africa/Kigali- 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.
Kigali is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kigali
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 Kigali
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Kigali, 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 Kigali, capital of Rwanda
Kigali is the capital of Rwanda. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Rwanda
- Administrative area
- Rwanda
- Population
- 1,132,686
- Coordinates
- 1.9500° S, 30.0588° E. The elevation is 1,542 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kigali
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kigali. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- NderaKigali, Rwanda12 km east
Africa/KigaliSame local time - Kamuhanda / RuyenziSouthern Province, Rwanda8.4 km west
Africa/KigaliSame local time - ShyorongiNorthern Province, Rwanda15 km northwest
Africa/KigaliSame local time - MuginaSouthern Province, Rwanda22 km southwest
Africa/KigaliSame local time - NyamataEastern Province, Rwanda30 km south
Africa/KigaliSame local time - GitaramaSouthern Province, Rwanda36 km west
Africa/KigaliSame local time
Sources for Kigali 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.
- Population size and population characteristicsNational Institute of Statistics of Rwanda · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial fifth census population tables for the City of Kigali and its districts.