KampalaUganda
Kampala time at a glance
- Country
- Uganda
- Location
- Capital city of Uganda
- Time zone
Africa/Kampala- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Kampala
Conditions near Kampala and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 22°C
- Humidity
- 73%
- Wind
- 3.6 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny19°C to 29°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Sunny18°C to 31°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h
- Sunny17°C to 32°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 21:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:42:40.572Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:57:40.572Z.
Time-zone identity for Kampala
- IANA zone
Africa/Kampala- 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.
Kampala is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kampala
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Kampala
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Kampala, 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 Kampala, capital of Uganda
Kampala is the capital of Uganda. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Uganda
- Administrative area
- Central Region, Uganda
- Population
- 1,680,600
- Coordinates
- 0.3163° N, 32.5822° E. The elevation is 1,223 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kampala
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kampala. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BunamwayaCentral Region, Uganda7.5 km south
Africa/KampalaSame local time - NansanaCentral Region, Uganda8 km northwest
Africa/KampalaSame local time - KirekaCentral Region, Uganda8.2 km northeast
Africa/KampalaSame local time - KyengeraCentral Region, Uganda9.3 km west
Africa/KampalaSame local time - KiraCentral Region, Uganda11 km northeast
Africa/KampalaSame local time - KajansiCentral Region, Uganda12 km southwest
Africa/KampalaSame local time
Sources for Kampala 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.