Current Time in Gaborone, Botswana 🇧🇼
Lat/Long: 24.63° S, 25.92° E
District: Gaborone
Country: 🇧🇼 Botswana
IANA Timezone: Africa/Gaborone
Timezone: CAT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Botswana: CAT
Time now in other cities in Botswana:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Gaborone
Sunrise
in Gaborone
↑
7:01 AM
Sunset
in Gaborone
↓
5:39 PM
Day Length
10h 37m
Dawn
in Gaborone
6:36 AM
Dusk
in Gaborone
6:04 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Gaborone
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
95.7%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 19:55
Next Moonset
↓
Today, 08:48
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FAQ — Time in Gaborone
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 05:42:20 in Gaborone, Botswana. 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.
Gaborone uses Africa/Gaborone (CAT) — UTC+02:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Gaborone, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Gaborone does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Gaborone (CAT) — UTC+02:00 year-round.
Gaborone 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 Gaborone's local time, use our time calculator.
Botswana 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.