Zanzibar to Bangalore: time difference
Bangalore is 2 h 30 min ahead of Zanzibar. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
+2 h 30 min
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Zanzibar 09:38 9:38 AM Bangalore 12:08 12:08 PM You –:–
09:38 9:38 AM
East Africa Time · UTC+3
☀️ 06:05 · 🌙 18:17
12:08 12:08 PM
India Standard Time · UTC+5:30
☀️ 06:10 · 🌙 18:05
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+2 h 30 min
Bangalore is 2 h 30 min ahead of Zanzibar.
When you, Zanzibar and Bangalore are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇹🇿 Zanzibar
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
🇮🇳 Bangalore
2:30 2:30 AM 3:30 3:30 AM 4:30 4:30 AM 5:30 5:30 AM 6:30 6:30 AM 7:30 7:30 AM 8:30 8:30 AM 9:30 9:30 AM 10:30 10:30 AM 11:30 11:30 AM 12:30 12:30 PM 13:30 1:30 PM 14:30 2:30 PM 15:30 3:30 PM 16:30 4:30 PM 17:30 5:30 PM 18:30 6:30 PM 19:30 7:30 PM 20:30 8:30 PM 21:30 9:30 PM 22:30 10:30 PM 23:30 11:30 PM 0:30 12:30 AM 1:30 1:30 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇹🇿 Zanzibar | 🇮🇳 Bangalore |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 09:38 | 12:08 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | East Africa Time | India Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+3 | UTC+5:30 |
| Offset from Zanzibar | — | +2 h 30 min |
| IANA zone | Africa/Dar es Salaam | Asia/Kolkata |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:05 | 06:10 |
| Sunset | 18:17 | 18:05 |
| Daylight | 12 h 12 min | 11 h 55 min |
| People on this clock | 709,809 | 8,495,492 |
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Zanzibar and Bangalore: common questions
How far ahead of Zanzibar is Bangalore?
Bangalore is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Zanzibar: UTC+5:30 against UTC+3.
If it is 9:00 AM in Zanzibar, what time is it in Bangalore?
At 9:00 AM in Zanzibar, clocks in Bangalore show 11:30 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Zanzibar, what time is it in Bangalore?
At 6:00 PM in Zanzibar, clocks in Bangalore show 8:30 PM.
When is a good time to call Bangalore from Zanzibar?
Between 9:00 AM and 3:30 PM in Zanzibar – that is 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM in Bangalore – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Bangalore?
From 9:30 PM in Zanzibar it is already the next day in Bangalore. The other way round, until 2:30 AM in Bangalore it is still the previous day in Zanzibar.
Does the time gap between Zanzibar and Bangalore change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Zanzibar nor in Bangalore, so the gap is 2 hours and 30 minutes all year round.
