Current time in Zambia

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Local time in Zambia

The time in Zambia is 2.0 hours ahead of UTC and 7.0 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.

Details for the time in Zambia

Current time	5:45 a.m.
Timezone	Central Africa Time (CAT)
Olson timezone name	Africa/Lusaka
Time difference	7.0 hours ahead of Ashburn
	2.0 hours ahead of UTC

More about the time in Zambia

Zambia uses Central Africa Time CAT. CAT is UTC +0200. Zambia's latitude and longitude is 15° 0' S and 30° 0 ' E. Therefore being two hours ahead of UTC is perfect for Zambia. Because of its low latitude Zambia has no use for daylight savings time. Zambia is a big country, it takes the sun almost an hour to “travel” from the east to the west of the country.

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Map of Zambia