Time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo observes UTC+01:00 (West Africa Time) and UTC+02:00 (Central Africa Time).[1] It does not observe DST.[2] It is the only country in Africa to use more than one time zone. About 59% of the Congolese population live in CAT (UTC+02:00).

    UTC+01:00, West Africa Time (WAT)
    UTC+02:00, Central Africa Time (CAT)

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains two zone for the country. The columns marked * contain the data from the file zone.tab of the database.

More information c.c., coordinates* ...
c.c. coordinates* TZ* comments* Standard time Summer time Notes
CD−0418+01518
Africa/Kinshasa
Dem. Rep. of Congo (west)+01:00N/a Kinshasa, Boende, Zongo
CD−1140+02728
Africa/Lubumbashi
Dem. Rep. of Congo (east)+02:00N/a Kindu, Bukama, Lubumbashi
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