Current time in Kampala, Uganda

This location stays on UTC+03:00 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.

Current time in Kampala, Uganda
17:35 42
Friday, May 8, 2026 EAT UTC+03:00 No DST
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
IANA time zone
Africa/Kampala
Daylight saving
No DST
Next DST change
Quick answer

The current local time in Kampala, Uganda is ⁦17:35⁩ (⁦EAT⁩), which is ⁦UTC+03:00⁩.

Kampala is the capital of Uganda, located at 0.316, 32.582.

Kampala uses EAT (UTC+03:00) year-round. The IANA identifier is Africa/Kampala.

Timezone in Kampala

East Africa Time (EAT)

IANA time zone: Africa/Kampala
All year
EAT
East Africa Time
UTC+03:00

Daylight in Kampala today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
12h 08m

Kampala, Uganda

Country
Uganda
Role
Capital city
ISO code
UG
Coordinates
0.3163° N, 32.5822° E
IANA zone
Africa/Kampala
Population
1,680,600
Local time17:35

Kampala on the map · time zone

Kampala, Uganda

  • Local time17:35
  • UTC offsetUTC+03:00
  • Time zoneAfrica/Kampala
Coordinates
0.32°, 32.58°

World clock

Compared with Kampala

No daylight saving time in Kampala

This location stays on UTC+03:00 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Kampala, here are the local times elsewhere.

Kampala New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 17:00 -1 15:00 -1 18:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:00 -1 23:00 -1 01:00 02:30
01:00 18:00 -1 16:00 -1 19:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:00 00:00 02:00 03:30
02:00 19:00 -1 17:00 -1 20:00 -1 00:00 01:00 01:00 03:00 04:30
03:00 20:00 -1 18:00 -1 21:00 -1 01:00 02:00 02:00 04:00 05:30
04:00 21:00 -1 19:00 -1 22:00 -1 02:00 03:00 03:00 05:00 06:30
05:00 22:00 -1 20:00 -1 23:00 -1 03:00 04:00 04:00 06:00 07:30
06:00 23:00 -1 21:00 -1 00:00 04:00 05:00 05:00 07:00 08:30
07:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
08:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
09:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
10:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
11:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
12:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
13:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
14:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
15:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
16:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
17:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
18:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
19:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
20:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
21:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
22:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
23:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Kampala, Uganda is 17:35 (EAT). Kampala uses the Africa/Kampala time zone, which is UTC+03:00.

Kampala uses EAT (UTC+03:00) year-round and does not observe daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Africa/Kampala.

No. Kampala stays on EAT (UTC+03:00) year-round with no daylight saving adjustments.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Kampala is Africa/Kampala. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently PM in Kampala. The local time is 17:35 (EAT).

Kampala is UTC+03:00 from UTC year-round.

Kampala is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.