Dire Dawa to CAT Time Converter
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3:00 pm15:00 EAT (UTC+3), Oct 29, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 29, 2026
Dire Dawa is 1 hour ahead of CAT.
How the time difference changes
Dire Dawa is 1 hour ahead of CAT year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Dire Dawa correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in CAT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Dire Dawa correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in CAT.
Compare Dire Dawa time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
EAT (Eastern Africa Time) is 1 hour ahead of Central Africa Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
Dire Dawa to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Dire Dawa which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in CAT
3:00 pm15:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Dire Dawa, Ethiopia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
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Dire Dawa Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
Dire Dawa Facts
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji-Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time