Khartoum, Sudan · UTC+2
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Khartoum is in the Africa/Khartoum timezone (CAT/UTC+3), a fixed offset with no daylight saving shared across all of Sudan.
Khartoum sits at one of the world’s most storied geographic confluences: the junction of the Blue Nile, flowing from Ethiopia’s highlands, and the White Nile, arriving from the lakes of equatorial Africa. The city runs on UTC+3, year-round, no daylight saving. The IANA identifier Africa/Khartoum covers the entire country.
heat, not daylight, structures the day
Sudan shifted to UTC+3 in 2017, moving from UTC+2, to align more closely with East African partners and its own geographic position. The shift was administratively clean but meant that solar noon in Khartoum now arrives around 12:30pm by the clock rather than 11:30am. The sun moved on paper but not in the sky.
At 16 degrees north, Khartoum is close enough to the equator that seasonal daylight variation is moderate, around 11 to 13 hours. But the city’s relationship with time is structured by heat more than light. In summer, temperatures regularly exceed 40C, and the midday hours between 11am and 3pm effectively shut down outdoor activity. Commerce, construction, and street life resume in the late afternoon. The city runs on two activity peaks: morning and evening, with a long forced pause in between.
Khartoum North across the Nile keeps the same time, as do all Sudanese cities.
9am in Khartoum is 6am in London, three hours ahead of GMT.
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Questions about time in Khartoum
- What timezone is Khartoum in?
- Khartoum uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Khartoum. The UTC offset is always UTC+2 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Khartoum observe daylight saving time?
- No. Khartoum does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+2 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Khartoum?
- Khartoum is currently at UTC+2.
- What is the time difference between Khartoum and New York?
- Khartoum is currently 6 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Khartoum and London?
- Khartoum is currently 1 hour ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Khartoum and Los Angeles?
- Khartoum is currently 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Khartoum and Tokyo?
- Khartoum is currently 7 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Khartoum?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Khartoum is
Africa/Khartoum. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Khartoum' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Khartoum')`), or any IANA-compatible library.