It is 02:37 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia. The city runs on UTC+2 (CAT), which puts it 5 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Lusaka
Lusaka follows the Africa/Lusaka time zone, abbreviated CAT. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+2.
Lusaka does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+2 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 5 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 Lusaka.
Time difference between Brasília and Lusaka
To convert, take Brasília time and add 5 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Lusaka is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Lusaka is 07:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 19:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Lusaka is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 19:00 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) | Lusaka (UTC+2) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 11:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Lusaka from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 13:00 in Brasília, which is 14:00 to 18:00 in Lusaka. That leaves 4 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 Lusaka today
Today the Sun rises in Lusaka at 05:48 and sets at 18:03 local time, a daylight span of 12h 15min, with solar noon at 11:55. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Lusaka?
Lusaka is at 15.42° S, 28.28° E (country: Zambia). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.