The timezone CAT in Mozambique

Only 1 nationwide time zone

Standard time:	UTC +2	Central Africa Time (CAT)
Daylight saving time:	-	none

Mozambique has an east-west extension of 8.7 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Eastern Africa, this corresponds to about 920 kilometers. With this still relatively small extension, the course of the sun is only slightly different at various positions in the country. The position of the sun in the west of the country differs from that in the east by only about 35 minutes. This means the sun rises and sets 35 minutes later in the west than in the east.


The Central Africa Time also applies in Malawi, Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, in parts of the Congo (Dem. Republic), in Zambia and in Namibia.

No daylight saving time in Mozambique

Due to the sun's orbit around the equator, the days are longer in summer (November to February in the southern hemisphere). Countries that switch to daylight saving time in the summer months align the daylight phase with the human rhythm. Unused bright morning hours are thus shifted into the evening (more information on daylight saving time here).

Due to the relative proximity to the equator, the impact in Mozambique is not particularly large. Maputo is only 2,900 km from the equator. A day in midsummer would then not last from 04:53 to 18:42, but from 05:53 to 19:42. The effect would be quite noticeable in the evening, but the sun rising later in the morning falls at a time when many people are already awake. Thus, daylight saving time was never introduced in Mozambique.