Kigali is located in Rwanda and uses the Africa/Kigali timezone, currently GMT+2 from UTC. Kigali does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:18 and sunset at 18:11 local time. The coordinates of Kigali are 1.94°S, 30.06°E.

Today Kigali gets 12 hours 53 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:45, about 15 minutes before clock noon.

Right now Kigali 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 Kigali from…

From	Gap	Call at (Kigali time)
🇧🇮 Bujumbura	same time	09:00–17:00
🇿🇦 Durban	same time	09:00–17:00
🇿🇼 Harare	same time	09:00–17:00
🇪🇬 Cairo	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇬🇧 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 Kigali in?›

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

Does Kigali observe daylight saving time?›

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

What is the UTC offset for Kigali?›

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

Is Kigali ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Kigali 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 Kigali in UTC?›

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

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

Today the sun rises in Kigali at 05:18 and sets at 18:11 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.