Current time in the most popular cities Africa
In Africa now Thursday, 21 August 2025, week 34
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Cairo
- 00:01 12:01 am 22 Fri Tunis
- 00:01 12:01 am 22 Fri Lagos
- 00:01 12:01 am 22 Fri Algiers
- 02:01 2:01 am 22 Fri Addis Ababa
- 23:01 11:01 pm 21 Thu Dakar
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Cape Town
- 02:01 2:01 am 22 Fri Nairobi
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Hurghada
- 00:01 12:01 am 22 Fri Marrakech
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Sharm el Sheikh
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Lusaka
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Durban
- 02:01 2:01 am 22 Fri Tabora
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Macheke
- 23:01 11:01 pm 21 Thu Accra
- 02:01 2:01 am 22 Fri Tororo
- 01:01 1:01 am 22 Fri Alexandria
Current time on the continent Africa
The WorldInfoTravel website provides information about the exact time in 57 countries on the continent Africa
Select the country you are interested in to find out the exact time in this country and city, sunrise and sunset times, as well as basic information about the country
| # | City | Number of cities | Time in the capital | Timezone | Standard/DST times |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 31 | 00:01 (Algiers) | UTC+01:00 (cet) | - |
| 2 | Angola | 24 | 00:01 (Luanda) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 3 | Benin | 6 | 00:01 (Cotonou) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 4 | Botswana | 12 | 01:01 (Gaborone) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 20 | 23:01 (Ouagadougou) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 6 | Burundi | 3 | 01:01 (Bujumbura) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 7 | Cameroon | 18 | 00:01 (Yaounde) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 2 | 22:01 (Praia) | UTC-01:00 (unknown) | - |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 19 | 00:01 (Bangui) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 10 | Chad | 18 | 00:01 (N’Djamena) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 11 | Comoros | 2 | 02:01 (Moroni) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 12 | Congo | 11 | 00:01 (Brazzaville) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 13 | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43 | 00:01 (Kinshasa) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24 | 23:01 (Yamoussoukro) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 15 | Djibouti | 3 | 02:01 (Obock Region) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 16 | Egypt | 15 | 01:01 (Cairo) | UTC+02:00 (eet) | - |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 00:01 (Malabo) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 18 | Eritrea | 4 | 02:01 (Asmara) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 32 | 02:01 (Addis Ababa) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 20 | Gabon | 24 | 00:01 (Libreville) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 21 | Gambia | 1 | 23:01 (Banjul) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 22 | Ghana | 5 | 23:01 (Accra) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 23 | Guinea | 11 | 23:01 (Conakry) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 23:01 (Bissau) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 25 | Kenya | 21 | 02:01 (Nairobi) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 26 | Lesotho | 7 | 01:01 (Maseru) | UTC+02:00 (sast) | - |
| 27 | Liberia | 3 | 23:01 (Monrovia) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 28 | Libya | 14 | 01:01 (Tripoli) | UTC+02:00 (cet) | - |
| 29 | Madagascar | 41 | 02:01 (Antananarivo) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 30 | Malawi | 8 | 01:01 (Lilongwe) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 31 | Mali | 9 | 23:01 (Sikasso) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 32 | Mauritania | 12 | 23:01 (Nouakchott) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 33 | Mauritius | 1 | 03:01 (Rodrigues) | UTC+04:00 (unknown) | - |
| 34 | Morocco | 23 | 00:01 (Rabat) | UTC+01:00 (unknown) |
Sunday, 11 Apr. 2021, Sunday, 16 May. 2021 |
| 35 | Mozambique | 17 | 01:01 (Maputo) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 36 | Namibia | 17 | 01:01 (Windhoek) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 37 | Niger | 5 | 00:01 (Niamey) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 38 | Nigeria | 25 | 00:01 (Abuja) | UTC+01:00 (wat) | - |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3 | 01:01 (Kigali) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 40 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 2 | 23:01 (Jamestown) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 23:01 (Sao Tome) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 42 | Senegal | 10 | 23:01 (Dakar) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 43 | Seychelles | 1 | 03:01 (Inner Islands) | UTC+04:00 (unknown) | - |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 23:01 (Freetown) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 45 | Somalia | 15 | 02:01 (Mogadishu) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 46 | South Africa | 56 | 01:01 (Pretoria) | UTC+02:00 (sast) | - |
| 47 | South Sudan | 4 | 01:01 (Juba) | UTC+02:00 (cat) |
Sunday, 31 Jan. 2021, Friday, 22 Aug. 2025 |
| 48 | Sudan | 13 | 01:01 (Khartoum) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 49 | Swaziland | 1 | 01:01 (Manzini) | UTC+02:00 (sast) | - |
| 50 | Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania | 24 | 02:01 (Dodoma) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 51 | Togo | 2 | 23:01 (Lome) | UTC+00:00 (gmt) | - |
| 52 | Tunisia | 7 | 00:01 (Tunis) | UTC+01:00 (cet) | - |
| 53 | Uganda | 10 | 02:01 (Gulu) | UTC+03:00 (eat) | - |
| 54 | Western Sahara | 1 | 00:01 (Laayoune) | UTC+01:00 (unknown) |
Sunday, 11 Apr. 2021, Sunday, 16 May. 2021 |
| 55 | Zambia | 18 | 01:01 (Lusaka) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 10 | 01:01 (Harare) | UTC+02:00 (cat) | - |
The continent of Africa
Africa is the second-largest continent after Eurasia(Europe + Asia).
- For the time being, the population of accounts for 1.216 billion people. It is about 16% of the total Earth’s population;
- Africa uses time zones: UTC-1, UTC, UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC+3, UTC+4;
- Africa’s total area is 30,221,532 sq km;
- Africa consists of countries, including such large countries as Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Libya.
- In addition to Africa, there are also 6 continents in the world: Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia, South America.
Africa is known to be the hottest continent in the world, and the larger part of its land is occupied by deserts. The greatest desert of the planet – the Sahara – is located in the north of the continent. There is the Kalahari Desert in the south.
The continent of Africa is also famous for the world’s richest diamond fields (South Africa and Zimbabwe), and for the gold deposits (South Africa, Ghana, Mali, Republic of the Congo). Africa is rich in oil reserves as well (Nigeria and Algeria).