| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +3h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +8h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +9h | Becomes +10h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −5h | Becomes −6h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −8h | Becomes −9h on 1 Nov |
Bafoussam, Cameroon runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Bafoussam and New York is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Bafoussam lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Bafoussam and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Bafoussam lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Bafoussam and Tokyo is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Bafoussam lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lagos, Kinshasa, Algiers. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bafoussam.
Bafoussam (Cameroon) is home to roughly 350K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Cameroon
Capital
Yaoundé
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+1 · Africa/Douala
Coordinates
5.48°N, 10.42°E
Currency
XAF (FCFA)
Calling Code
+237
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Bamileke chiefdoms around Bafoussam maintain palaces and secret societies that predate colonial rule, and their carved thrones and beaded masks are among the best-known African art of the region. Nearby Foumban, seat of the neighbouring Bamoun kingdom, holds the Nguon festival every two years (UNESCO-listed in 2023).
The clock: Bafoussam keeps UTC+1 in Cameroon's western highlands at about 1,500 metres.
Bafoussam lies at 10.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 4.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+1 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 26m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 48m. The swing between them is 38 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Bafoussam the sun comes up earliest on 24 May at 06:03, while the latest sunset waits until 19 July at 18:37. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Bafoussam that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Bafoussam, Cameroon is Africa/Douala with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.
Bafoussam has an estimated population of 350K and is located at coordinates 5.48°N, 10.42°E.
Bafoussam gets 12h 26m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 48m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Bafoussam falls at about 12:18 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 4.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Grassfields Kingdoms: The Bamileke chiefdoms around Bafoussam maintain palaces and secret societies that predate colonial rule, and their carved thrones and beaded masks are among the best-known African art of the region.