Mali · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bamako, Mali runs on UTC+0. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 4-hour difference between Bamako and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 13:00–18:00 in Bamako lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Bamako and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Bamako lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Bamako and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Reykjavík, Accra, Dakar. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bamako.
Practical Info
Bamako (Mali) is home to roughly 2.8M people. Today brings about 12.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 13° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Mali
Capital
Bamako 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Bamako
Coordinates
12.64°N, 8.00°W
Currency
XOF (CFA)
Calling Code
+223
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French, Bambara
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mali's manuscript tradition produced hundreds of thousands of texts, and when Timbuktu fell in 2012 roughly 350,000 manuscripts were smuggled to Bamako in metal trunks, by river and road, to keep them from being destroyed.
The clock: Bamako keeps UTC+0 on the Niger river, and is among the fastest-growing cities in Africa.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap