🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
14
- Eastern European Summer Time
- UTC+3
- Golden hour
☀️ 07:24 · 🌙 18:42 · 11 h 18 min
Bucharest to Zambia: time difference
Zambia is 1 h behind Bucharest. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Bucharest 08:26 8:26 AM Zambia 07:26 7:26 AM You –:–
08:26 8:26 AM
Eastern European Summer Time · UTC+3
☀️ 07:24 · 🌙 18:42
07:26 7:26 AM
Central Africa Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:44 · 🌙 18:05
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−1 h
Zambia is 1 h behind Bucharest.
When you, Bucharest and Zambia are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇷🇴 Bucharest
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇿🇲 Zambia
23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇷🇴 Bucharest | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 08:26 | 07:26 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern European Summer Time | Central Africa Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+3 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Bucharest | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Bucharest | Africa/Lusaka |
| Daylight saving | On summer time → UTC+2, Oct 25, 03:00 | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 07:24 | 05:44 |
| Sunset | 18:42 | 18:05 |
| Daylight | 11 h 18 min | 12 h 21 min |
| People on this clock | 1,883,425 | 19,610,769 |
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Bucharest and Zambia: common questions
What is the time difference between Bucharest and Zambia?
Zambia is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC+2, while Bucharest is on UTC+3.
If it is 9:00 AM in Bucharest, what time is it in Zambia?
At 9:00 AM in Bucharest, clocks in Zambia show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest, what time is it in Zambia?
At 6:00 PM in Bucharest, clocks in Zambia show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Zambia from Bucharest?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Bucharest – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Zambia – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Zambia?
Until 1:00 AM in Bucharest it is still the previous day in Zambia. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Zambia it is already the next day in Bucharest.
Is the time difference between Bucharest and Zambia the same all year?
No. Only Bucharest switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Zambia and Bucharest will have the same time.
