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Time in Rwanda now

08:48:14PM

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Time zone info for Rwanda

UTC +2

Central Africa Time (CAT)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

The time in Rwanda is 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Rwanda does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Rwanda is Africa/Kigali.

Time difference
from Rwanda

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Rwanda on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 26,338 km²
Capital: Kigali
Currency: Franc (RWF)
Calling code: +250
Internet top level domain: .rw
Latitude: -2.00. Longitude: 30.00
Population: 12,302,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Rwanda 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.