Current time in Zanzibar

Local time in Zanzibar

The time in Zanzibar is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Zanzibar is Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Zanzibar is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1942.

Details for the time in Zanzibar

Current time	1:40 p.m.
Time zone	Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
IANA time zone	Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Your time difference	8 hours ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC+3 3 hours ahead of UTC

Zanzibar Daylight Saving Time (DST)