Gaborone is located in Botswana and uses the Africa/Gaborone timezone, currently GMT+2 from UTC. Gaborone does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:11 and sunset at 18:51 local time. The coordinates of Gaborone are 24.65°S, 25.91°E.

Today Gaborone gets 13 hours 40 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:01, almost exactly when the clock says midday.

Right now Gaborone shares its GMT+2 offset with Helsinki, Bucharest, Athens, Kyiv, Sofia, Riga. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Gaborone from…

From	Gap	Call at (Gaborone time)
🇿🇦 Johannesburg	same time	09:00–17:00
🇿🇲 Lusaka	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇮 Bujumbura	same time	09:00–17:00
🇷🇼 Kigali	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	−2h	11:00–17:00
🇺🇸 New York	−6h	15:00–17:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+6h	09:00–11:00
🇦🇪 Dubai	+2h	09:00–15:00

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Gaborone in?›

Gaborone is in the Africa/Gaborone timezone, currently GMT+2.

Does Gaborone observe daylight saving time?›

No. Gaborone does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+2.

What is the UTC offset for Gaborone?›

Gaborone is currently GMT+2 from UTC (GMT+2).

Is Gaborone ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Gaborone is 2 hours ahead of London and 6 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Gaborone in UTC?›

09:00 in Gaborone is 07:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+2 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Gaborone today?›

Today the sun rises in Gaborone at 05:11 and sets at 18:51 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.