In which country is the Africa/Kinshasa timezone located?

The timezone Africa/Kinshasa is mainly used in Congo .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Africa/Kinshasa . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Africa/Kinshasa to UTC?

The current time difference for Africa/Kinshasa is exactly UTC+01:00 .

Timezone

Africa/Kinshasa

UTC +01:00 WAT DST off

15:18:08

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 3:18:08 PM

Wk 2

Day 8/365

Unix 1767881888

Day progress

since 00:00 15:18:08 until 24:00 08:41:52

Current time in Africa/Kinshasa

The details for Africa/Kinshasa are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-01-08T15:18:08+0100
RFC 3339: 2026-01-08T15:18:08+01:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:18:08 +0100
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 8
Ordinal Week Number: 2
ISO week date: 2026-W02-4
Quarter: 1
Epoch (milliseconds): 1767881888708

Timezone Details

Timezone: Africa/Kinshasa
Timezone Abbreviation: WAT
ISO-3166-2: CD
Country Name: Congo
Latitude: -4.3
Longitude: 15.3
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation WAT: Africa/Bangui, Africa/Brazzaville, Africa/Douala, Africa/Lagos, Africa/Libreville, Africa/Luanda, Africa/Malabo, Africa/Ndjamena, Africa/Niamey and Africa/Porto-Novo

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-01-08T14:18:08+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +01:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+01:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 3600
Unixtime: 1767881888

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+01:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "dst_offset": 3600,
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    "timezone": "Africa\/Kinshasa",
    "unixtime": 1767881888,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-01-08T14:18:08+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+01:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+01:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-01-08T15:18:08+01:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:18:08 +0100",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'WAT'
datetime: '2026-01-08T15:18:08+0100'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 8
week_number: 2
iso_week_date: '2026-W02-4'
quarter: 1
epoch_ms: 1767881888708
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 3600
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 3600
timezone: 'Africa/Kinshasa'
unixtime: 1767881888
utc_datetime: '2026-01-08T14:18:08+0000'
utc_offset: '+01:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+01:00'
rfc3339: '2026-01-08T15:18:08+01:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:18:08 +0100'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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