DodomaTanzania
Current time in Dodoma, Tanzania
Friday, 25 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDodoma time at a glance
- Country
- Tanzania
- Location
- Capital city of Tanzania
- Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Dodoma time guide
Does Dodoma change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Dodoma and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Dodoma and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
City council and region
Dodoma City is smaller than Dodoma Region
Tanzania's 2022 census counted 765,179 residents in Dodoma City council and 3,085,625 across Dodoma Region. The regional total includes six other councils and should not be labeled as the capital city population.
Time-zone identity for Dodoma
- IANA zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Dodoma is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Dodoma
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Dodoma
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, 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 Dodoma, capital of Tanzania
Dodoma is the capital of Tanzania. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Tanzania
- Administrative area
- Tanzania
- Population
- 765,179
- Coordinates
- 6.1722° S, 35.7395° E. The elevation is 1,125 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Dodoma
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Dodoma. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MpwapwaDodoma, Tanzania85 km east
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time - KibakweDodoma, Tanzania92 km southeast
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time - KibaigwaDodoma, Tanzania101 km east
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time - KondoaDodoma, Tanzania142 km north
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time - ManyoniSingida, Tanzania111 km northwest
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time - IzaziIringa, Tanzania114 km south
Africa/Dar_es_SalaamSame local time
Sources for Dodoma 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.
- 2022 Population and Housing Census - Dodoma RegionNational Bureau of Statistics Tanzania · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial population totals by Dodoma Region and council.