Central Africa Time

Time zones of Africa:

Light Blue	Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1)
Blue	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Red	Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)
Ochre	Central Africa Time Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Green	East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise	Mauritius Time[b] Seychelles Time[b] (UTC+4)

^a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
^b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

Central Africa Time, or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time and Eastern European Time.

As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed.

Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries:

• Botswana
• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern side only)
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round:

• Egypt (observes Eastern European Time)
• Lesotho (observes South African Standard Time)
• Libya (observes Eastern European Time)
• South Africa (observes South African Standard Time)
• Swaziland (observes South African Standard Time)