Sample script to convert timezone names to localized city names

babel_example.py

from babel import Locale
es = Locale('es')
pt = Locale('pt')
ru = Locale('ru')

print es.time_zones['America/New_York']['city']
print pt.time_zones['America/New_York']['city']
print ru.time_zones['America/New_York']['city']

cldr_timezones.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import zipfile
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# Download this file from
# http://www.unicode.org/Public/cldr/31.0.1/cldr-common-31.0.1.zip
DEFAULT_FILENAME = 'cldr-common-31.0.1.zip'


class Locale(object):

    def __init__(self, locale_name, filename=DEFAULT_FILENAME):
        self.locale_name = locale_name
        self.filename = filename
        self._xml_tree = None

    def get_city(self, timezone_name):
        tree = self.get_xml_tree()
        el = tree.getroot().find('.//timeZoneNames/zone[@type="%s"]' % timezone_name)
        if el:
            return el.findtext('./exemplarCity')

    def get_xml_tree(self):
        if self._xml_tree is None:
            with zipfile.ZipFile(self.filename) as zf:
                fd = zf.open('common/main/%s.xml' % self.locale_name)
                self._xml_tree = ET.parse(fd)
        return self._xml_tree

# some examples
ru = Locale('ru')
pt = Locale('pt')
es = Locale('es')

output_example.txt

In [1]: import cldr_timezones

In [2]: cldr_timezones.es.get_city('America/New_York')
Out[2]: 'Nueva York'

In [3]: cldr_timezones.pt.get_city('America/New_York')
Out[3]: 'Nova York'

In [4]: cldr_timezones.ru.get_city('America/New_York')
Out[4]: 'Нью-Йорк'