Lusaka is located in Zambia and uses the Africa/Lusaka timezone, currently GMT+2 from UTC. Lusaka does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:13 and sunset at 18:31 local time. The coordinates of Lusaka are 15.42°S, 28.28°E.

Today Lusaka gets 13 hours 18 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:52, about 8 minutes before clock noon.

Right now Lusaka 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 Lusaka from…

From	Gap	Call at (Lusaka time)
🇿🇦 Johannesburg	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇮 Bujumbura	same time	09:00–17:00
🇷🇼 Kigali	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇼 Gaborone	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 Lusaka in?›

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

Does Lusaka observe daylight saving time?›

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

What is the UTC offset for Lusaka?›

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

Is Lusaka ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Lusaka 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 Lusaka in UTC?›

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

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

Today the sun rises in Lusaka at 05:13 and sets at 18:31 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.