MbabaneEswatini
Current time in Mbabane, Eswatini
Thursday, 24 September 2026
South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMbabane time at a glance
- Country
- Eswatini
- Location
- Capital city of Eswatini
- Time zone
Africa/Mbabane- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Mbabane time guide
Does Mbabane change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- South Africa Standard Time (SAST), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Mbabane
- Mbabane and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Mbabane and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
Municipality, tinkhundla and region
Mbabane is one part of Hhohho Region
Eswatini's 2017 census counted 60,691 residents in Mbabane, while Hhohho Region had 320,651. Municipal, tinkhundla and regional figures cover different territories and should not be combined as one city population.
Time-zone identity for Mbabane
- IANA zone
Africa/Mbabane- 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.
Mbabane is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Mbabane
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 Mbabane
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Mbabane, 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 Mbabane, capital of Eswatini
Mbabane is the capital of Eswatini. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Eswatini
- Administrative area
- Hhohho Region, Eswatini
- Population
- 76,218
- Coordinates
- 26.3167° S, 31.1333° E. The elevation is 1,209 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Mbabane
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Mbabane. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- LobambaHhohho Region, Eswatini18 km south
Africa/MbabaneSame local time - ManziniManzini Region, Eswatini32 km southeast
Africa/MbabaneSame local time - MaputoMaputo City, Mozambique150 km east
Africa/MaputoSame local time - PretoriaGauteng, South Africa301 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa308 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho490 km southwest
Africa/MaseruSame local time
Sources for Mbabane 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.
- 2017 Population and Housing CensusCentral Statistical Office Eswatini · 2017 census · AccessedOfficial census programme and small-area statistical resources.