It is 01:36 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Kinshasa, Congo - Kinshasa. The city runs on UTC+1 (WAT), which puts it 4 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Kinshasa
Kinshasa follows the Africa/Kinshasa time zone, abbreviated WAT. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+1.
Kinshasa does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+1 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 4 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Kinshasa.
Time difference between Brasília and Kinshasa
To convert, take Brasília time and add 4 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Kinshasa is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Kinshasa is 08:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 20:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Kinshasa is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 20:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Kinshasa (UTC+1) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 10:00 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Kinshasa from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 14:00 in Brasília, which is 13:00 to 18:00 in Kinshasa. That leaves 5 hours of overlap: enough for most meetings, but book early.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Kinshasa today
Today the Sun rises in Kinshasa at 05:43 and sets at 17:52 local time, a daylight span of 12h 8min, with solar noon at 11:47. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Kinshasa?
Kinshasa is at 4.30° S, 15.30° E (country: Congo - Kinshasa). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.