Current Time in Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

Lat/Long: 17.83° S, 31.03° E

Population: 1,600,000

Country: 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

IANA Timezone: Africa/Harare

UTC Offset: +02:00

Timezone: CAT

Daylight Saving Time: No ❌

Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Zimbabwe: CAT

Time now in other cities in Zimbabwe:

Moon Phases & Times for Harare

🌔 Current Phase

Waxing Gibbous

💡 Illumination

63.0%

🌕 Next Moonrise

↑ Today, 12:28

🌑 Next Moonset

↓ Tomorrow, 02:03

View the detailed moon calendar for Harare with moonphases, moonrise, and moonset times for any date.

00:00:00

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Time in Harare — FAQ

Answers refreshed each request based on Harare's current local time, time zone, and DST status.

What time is it in Harare right now?

The current local time in Harare, Zimbabwe is 07:39 (Sunday, September 20, 2026). Harare observes the Africa/Harare time zone, which is UTC+2 .

Which time zone does Harare use?

Harare uses Africa/Harare, an IANA time zone identifier. Use this identifier when configuring calendar apps, servers or scheduling software to ensure the correct UTC offset and daylight-saving rules are applied for Harare.

Does Harare observe daylight saving time?

Harare is currently NOT on daylight saving time. DST transitions follow the rules of the IANA Africa/Harare time zone; the changeover dates differ from year to year and are applied automatically by all major operating systems.

What is the UTC offset for Harare?

Right now Harare is at UTC+2. The offset shifts by ±1 hour at daylight-saving transitions if Harare observes DST.

When does the day change in Harare?

Midnight in Harare occurs when the local time displayed above reads 00:00 in the Africa/Harare zone. Since Harare is at UTC+2, the date here is ahead of UTC by 2 hours.

Current Time in Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

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