Current Time in Butare, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Lat/Long: 2.6° S, 29.74° E
Province: Southern Province
Country: 🇷🇼 Rwanda
IANA Timezone: Africa/Kigali
Timezone: CAT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Rwanda: CAT
Time now in other cities in Rwanda:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Butare
Sunrise
in Butare
↑
6:00 AM
Sunset
in Butare
↓
5:58 PM
Day Length
11h 58m
Dawn
in Butare
5:37 AM
Dusk
in Butare
6:21 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Butare
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
77.2%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 22:15
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 10:40
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FAQ — Time in Butare
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:53:17 in Butare, Rwanda. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Butare uses Africa/Kigali (CAT) — UTC+02:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Kigali, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Butare does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Kigali (CAT) — UTC+02:00 year-round.
Butare is currently +02:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Butare's local time, use our time calculator.
Rwanda has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.