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Time in Congo-Kinshasa now

04:04:52AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Congo-Kinshasa has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Kinshasa is used here.
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Time zone info for Congo-Kinshasa

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

Congo-Kinshasa does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Congo-Kinshasa is Africa/Kinshasa.

Time difference
from Congo-Kinshasa

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Congo-Kinshasa on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 2,345,410 km²
Capital: Kinshasa
Currency: Franc (CDF)
Calling code: +243
Internet top level domain: .cd
Latitude: -2.50. Longitude: 23.50
Population: 84,068,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Congo-Kinshasa 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.