Spoken Swahili Blog


How to Tell Time in Swahili

Bird in front of a clock

In Swahili, the time is measured from sunrise to sunset (daytime) and sunset to sunrise (night time). This is primarily because most Swahili speaking countries are on the equator and the times for sunrise and sunset are almost identical year-round.

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