Current local time in Rwanda
Rwanda has one time zone: CAT (Central Africa Time), UTC+2. The current time in 44 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Kigali (capital)
CAT
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+2
- Capital
- Kigali
- Continent
- Africa
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 14,569,341
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Currency
- Franc (RWF)
- Languages
- Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili
- Dialling code
- +250
- Internet domain
- .rw
Time zone in Rwanda
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Kigali |
|---|---|---|
| KigaliCAT (Central Africa Time) · Africa/Kigali | Tue 10:57 AM | Same time |
Current local time in 44 cities in Rwanda
Every city in Rwanda with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- BugaragaraTue 10:57 AM
- BugaramaTue 10:57 AM
- BushekeriTue 10:57 AM
- BushengeTue 10:57 AM
- BusogoTue 10:57 AM
- ButareTue 10:57 AM
- ByumbaTue 10:57 AM
- CyanguguTue 10:57 AM
- CyatoTue 10:57 AM
- GihomboTue 10:57 AM
- GikongoroTue 10:57 AM
- GisenyiTue 10:57 AM
- GitaramaTue 10:57 AM
- GitesiTue 10:57 AM
- KaganoTue 10:57 AM
- Kamuhanda / RuyenziTue 10:57 AM
- KarambiTue 10:57 AM
- KarengeraTue 10:57 AM
- KayonzaTue 10:57 AM
- KibungoTue 10:57 AM
- KibuyeTue 10:57 AM
- KigaliTue 10:57 AM
- KiramboTue 10:57 AM
- KirimbiTue 10:57 AM
- KoraTue 10:57 AM
- MacubaTue 10:57 AM
- MahembeTue 10:57 AM
- MuginaTue 10:57 AM
- MuhangaTue 10:57 AM
- MukamiraTue 10:57 AM
- MukingoTue 10:57 AM
- MusanzeTue 10:57 AM
- NderaTue 10:57 AM
- NgororeroTue 10:57 AM
- NyabitekeliTue 10:57 AM
- NyagatareTue 10:57 AM
- NyamataTue 10:57 AM
- NyanzaTue 10:57 AM
- NzegaTue 10:57 AM
- RangiroTue 10:57 AM
- RuhangoTue 10:57 AM
- RwamaganaTue 10:57 AM
- ShangiTue 10:57 AM
- ShyorongiTue 10:57 AM
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Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Every city in Rwanda keeps the same time.
One. All of Rwanda is on CAT (Central Africa Time) (Africa/Kigali).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+2 all year.
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.