Angola
Time now in Benguela
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:15Sunset 06:01Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Africa/Luanda
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
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Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
06:01
Day length
11h 46m
Coordinates
-12.74, 13.58
Time difference from Benguela
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Benguela right now.
Benguela on the map
About the time in Benguela
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Benguela day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 08:00–16:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Benguela runs on Africa/Luanda, which puts the city UTC +1 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
The zone identifier Africa/Luanda is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Africa/Luanda keeps pointing at Luanda time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Benguela
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Luanda, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Benguela?
- Benguela is UTC +1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Benguela in?
- Benguela uses Africa/Luanda, currently UTC +1.
- What time is it in Benguela right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Benguela, updating every second from Africa/Luanda (UTC +1).
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