Time zone in Zanzibar
Zanzibar is located in Tanzania and uses the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone (East Africa Time). Its current offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+3 (EAT).
Zanzibar does not observe daylight saving time: the time is UTC+3 all year round.
Today in Zanzibar the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 18:17 (local time), giving 12 h 21 min of daylight. Approximate coordinates: 6.16° S, 39.20° E.
Compared with London, the time difference with Zanzibar is currently +3 h.
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