diff --git a/plugins/Geography/plugin.py b/plugins/Geography/plugin.py
index 95c66acaa..44404705b 100644
--- a/plugins/Geography/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Geography/plugin.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ###
 
 import datetime
+import re
 
 from supybot import conf, utils, plugins, ircutils, callbacks
 from supybot.commands import *
@@ -133,15 +134,22 @@ class Geography(callbacks.Plugin):
             if timezone is None:
                 continue
 
+            offset = str(datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone).utcoffset())
+            if not offset.startswith("-"):
+                offset = "+" + offset
+
+            # hide seconds and minutes if they are zero
+            offset = re.sub("(:00)+$", "", offset)
+
             # Extract a human-friendly name, depending on the type of
             # the timezone object:
             if hasattr(timezone, "key"):
                 # instance of zoneinfo.ZoneInfo
-                irc.reply(timezone.key)
+                irc.reply(format("%s (currently UTC%s)", timezone.key, offset))
                 return
             elif hasattr(timezone, "zone"):
                 # instance of pytz.timezone
-                irc.reply(timezone.zone)
+                irc.reply(format("%s (currently UTC%s)", timezone.zone, offset))
                 return
             else:
                 # probably datetime.timezone built from a constant offset
diff --git a/plugins/Geography/test.py b/plugins/Geography/test.py
index 7cbb7a77b..89399e1b3 100644
--- a/plugins/Geography/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Geography/test.py
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ class GeographyTimezoneTestCase(PluginTestCase):
         tz = pytz.timezone("Europe/Paris")
 
         with patch.object(wikidata, "timezone_from_uri", return_value=tz):
-            self.assertResponse("timezone Foo Bar", "Europe/Paris")
+            self.assertRegexp(
+                "timezone Foo Bar", r"Europe/Paris \(currently UTC\+[12]\)"
+            )
 
     @skipIf(not zoneinfo, "Python is older than 3.9")
     @mock
@@ -78,7 +80,9 @@ class GeographyTimezoneTestCase(PluginTestCase):
         tz = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Europe/Paris")
 
         with patch.object(wikidata, "timezone_from_uri", return_value=tz):
-            self.assertResponse("timezone Foo Bar", "Europe/Paris")
+            self.assertRegexp(
+                "timezone Foo Bar", r"Europe/Paris \(currently UTC\+[12]\)"
+            )
 
     @skipIf(not zoneinfo, "Python is older than 3.9")
     @mock
@@ -95,7 +99,9 @@ class GeographyTimezoneTestCase(PluginTestCase):
 
     @skipIf(not network, "Network test")
     def testTimezoneIntegration(self):
-        self.assertResponse("timezone Metz, France", "Europe/Paris")
+        self.assertRegexp(
+            "timezone Metz, France", r"Europe/Paris \(currently UTC\+[12]\)"
+        )
         self.assertResponse("timezone Saint-Denis, La Réunion", "UTC+04:00")
 
 
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ class GeographyWikidataTestCase(SupyTestCase):
     @skipIf(not network, "Network test")
     def testParentAndIgnoreSelf(self):
         # The queried object has a TZ property, but it's useless to us;
-        # however it is part of an object that has a useful one."""
+        # however it is part of an object that has a useful one.
         self.assertEqual(
             # New York City, NY
             wikidata.timezone_from_uri("http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60"),