Current Time in Zanzibar, Tanzania 🇹🇿
Lat/Long: 6.16° S, 39.2° E
Region: Zanzibar Urban/West
Country: 🇹🇿 Tanzania
IANA Timezone: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Timezone: EAT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Tanzania: EAT
Time now in other cities in Tanzania:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Zanzibar
Sunrise
in Zanzibar
↑
6:34 AM
Sunset
in Zanzibar
↓
6:20 PM
Day Length
11h 45m
Dawn
in Zanzibar
6:11 AM
Dusk
in Zanzibar
6:43 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Zanzibar
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
93.7%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 20:29
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 09:05
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FAQ — Time in Zanzibar
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 18:02:41 in Zanzibar, Tanzania. 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.
Zanzibar uses Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (EAT) — UTC+03:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Zanzibar does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (EAT) — UTC+03:00 year-round.
Zanzibar is currently +03:00 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 Zanzibar's local time, use our time calculator.
Tanzania 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.