JubaSouth Sudan
Current time in Juba, South Sudan
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockJuba time at a glance
- Country
- South Sudan
- Location
- Capital city of South Sudan
- Time zone
Africa/Juba- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Juba time guide
Does Juba change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Africa Time (CAT), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Juba
- Juba and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Juba and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
City, county and state
Juba population figures need a reference geography
South Sudan's statistics office publishes census and demographic indicators by administrative area. Juba city, Juba County and Central Equatoria are different boundaries, and older census-based totals should always retain their reference year.
Time-zone identity for Juba
- IANA zone
Africa/Juba- 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.
Juba is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Juba
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 Juba
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Juba, 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 Juba, capital of South Sudan
Juba is the capital of South Sudan. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of South Sudan
- Administrative area
- Central Equatoria, South Sudan
- Population
- 450,000
- Coordinates
- 4.8517° N, 31.5825° E. The elevation is 518 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Juba
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Juba. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- YeiCentral Equatoria, South Sudan131 km southwest
Africa/JubaSame local time - ToritEastern Equatoria, South Sudan120 km southeast
Africa/JubaSame local time - PajokEastern Equatoria, South Sudan148 km southeast
Africa/JubaSame local time - BorJonglei, South Sudan151 km north
Africa/JubaSame local time - RumbekLakes, South Sudan303 km northwest
Africa/JubaSame local time - YambioWestern Equatoria, South Sudan355 km west
Africa/JubaSame local time
Sources for Juba 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.
- Demographic indicators and population censusNational Bureau of Statistics South Sudan · Official statistical series · AccessedOfficial census and subnational demographic resources.