Satellite View of Gaborone
Gaborone sits at -24.6282, 25.9231. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Africa · Africa/Gaborone
Current Time in Botswana
Live local time in Gaborone, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather conditions.
Gaborone, Botswana
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Gaborone Right Now
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Reference
Botswana at a Glance
| Country | Botswana |
| Capital | Gaborone |
| Region | Africa |
| IANA time zone | Africa/Gaborone |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Time zones in country | 1 |
| Daylight saving | Not observed |
| Population | about 2.6 million |
| Currency | Pula (BWP) |
| Calling code | +267 |
| Capital coordinates | -24.6282, 25.9231 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Gaborone | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Coastline | Landlocked |
Working with Botswana
Time Differences and Business Hours
How Gaborone lines up against the cities people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Gaborone. For a specific date, use the converter; to find a meeting slot, use the meeting planner.
Understanding the offset
How Botswana Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Gaborone sits in Africa/Gaborone. That name matters more than the number: an offset like the one shown above is only true today, whereas the zone name carries every rule about when the country changes its clocks. Software that stores offsets instead of zone names breaks at the next changeover.
A Steady Offset
Botswana keeps the same offset all year. That sounds simpler, and it is, but it means the gap to any country that does change clocks shifts by an hour twice a year without anything changing on this end.
One Zone Nationwide
The whole of Botswana runs on Africa/Gaborone, so there is no internal difference to worry about. Whatever the clock says in Gaborone is what it says nationwide.
Writing Times Clearly
When you send a time to someone in Botswana, write the zone with it, or better, send a calendar invitation that converts automatically for each recipient. "14:00 UTC" cannot be misread; "2pm" in a message reaching three countries reliably produces at least one person joining an hour out.
Answers
Botswana Time Questions
What time is it in Botswana right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Gaborone, Botswana, updating every second. It is calculated from the Africa/Gaborone time zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving rules are applied automatically and correctly.
What time zone does Botswana use?
Gaborone uses the Africa/Gaborone zone. The current UTC offset is shown in the panel above and updates itself if the country changes its clocks. The whole country uses this single time zone.
Does Botswana observe daylight saving time?
No. Botswana stays on the same offset all year, so the gap between Gaborone and any country that does change clocks will differ by an hour for part of the year. That is the most common cause of a recurring meeting drifting.
How do I convert Botswana time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Gaborone and your own device clock. For a specific date and time rather than right now, use the time zone converter, which handles daylight saving for the date you enter rather than for today.
Where does the weather on this page come from?
Open-Meteo, a free weather service. The request goes directly from your browser to their API, so nothing about your visit passes through our server. It reports current conditions and a short forecast for Gaborone.
How accurate is the clock?
It reads your own device clock and re-expresses that instant in the Africa/Gaborone zone, so it is exactly as accurate as your device. Almost every phone and computer syncs to a network time server automatically, which puts you within a fraction of a second.