Botswana
Time now in Gaborone
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 06:00Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Africa/Gaborone
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
231,626
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
06:00
Day length
11h 22m
Coordinates
-24.65, 25.91
Time difference from Gaborone
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Gaborone right now.
Gaborone on the map
About the time in Gaborone
Clocks in Gaborone stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +2 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Botswana.
Gaborone runs on Africa/Gaborone, which puts the city UTC +2 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.
Gaborone sits at latitude -24.65, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 11h 22m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Gaborone
- What are normal business hours in Gaborone in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Gaborone runs from 07:00–15:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Gaborone right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Gaborone, updating every second from Africa/Gaborone (UTC +2).
- When do the sun rise and set in Gaborone today?
- Sunrise is at 06:38 and sunset at 06:00, giving 11h 22m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Gaborone in?
- Gaborone uses Africa/Gaborone, currently UTC +2.
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