KampalaUganda
Current time in Kampala, Uganda
Friday, 25 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockKampala 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
Kampala time guide
Does Kampala change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Kampala
- Kampala and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Kampala and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
Capital city and metropolitan area
Kampala city is smaller than Greater Kampala
Uganda's 2024 census publishes a dedicated Kampala Capital City profile. The wider Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area also includes surrounding districts and municipalities, so its total is not a city-only population.
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 Thursday, 30 September 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.
- National Population and Housing Census 2024 - Kampala Capital City ProfileUganda Bureau of Statistics · 2024 census · AccessedOfficial census profile and administrative population tables for Kampala.