Time in Zanzibar

Zanzibar: East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3). No daylight-saving change.

Civil time in Zanzibar is East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3). In mid-January the sun is up around 6:20 a.m. and down around 6:46 p.m.

Zanzibar does not use daylight saving. The UTC offset stays put all year.

When it is noon in Zanzibar it is 4 a.m. in New York in January, and 5 a.m. in New York in July. When it is noon in Zanzibar it is 9 a.m. in London in January, and 10 a.m. in London in July.

Sunrise and sunset in Zanzibar

A typical mid-January day in Zanzibar has sunrise around 6:20 a.m. and sunset around 6:46 p.m. (12 h 26 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 6:31 a.m.–6:17 p.m. (11 h 46 m).

MonthSunriseSunsetDay length
January6:20 a.m.6:46 p.m.12 h 26 m
February6:29 a.m.6:47 p.m.12 h 18 m
March6:29 a.m.6:37 p.m.12 h 09 m
April6:25 a.m.6:23 p.m.11 h 59 m
May6:25 a.m.6:15 p.m.11 h 50 m
June6:31 a.m.6:17 p.m.11 h 46 m
July6:36 a.m.6:23 p.m.11 h 48 m
August6:31 a.m.6:26 p.m.11 h 54 m
September6:18 a.m.6:21 p.m.12 h 04 m
October6:03 a.m.6:17 p.m.12 h 14 m
November5:57 a.m.6:20 p.m.12 h 23 m
December6:04 a.m.6:33 p.m.12 h 29 m

Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.

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