| 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 |
Bangui, Central African Republic runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Bangui 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 Bangui lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Bangui 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 Bangui lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Bangui 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 Bangui 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 Bangui.
Bangui (Central African Republic) is home to roughly 889K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:33, sunset at 17:38. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 4° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Central African Republic
Capital
Bangui 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+1 · Africa/Bangui
Coordinates
4.36°N, 18.55°E
Currency
XAF (FCFA)
Calling Code
+236
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French, Sango
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bangui is named for the rapids on the Ubangi river that stopped boats here — bangui means rapids in the Bobangi language. The river marks the border with the DRC and is the country's main link to the outside.
The clock: Bangui keeps UTC+1, in a country that lies close to the geographic centre of the African continent.
Bangui lies at 18.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 3.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 14 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:46 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 22m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 52m. The swing between them is 30 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 Bangui the sun comes up earliest on 24 October at 05:30, while the latest sunset waits until 21 July at 18:02. 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 Bangui 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 Bangui, Central African Republic is Africa/Bangui with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.
Bangui has an estimated population of 889K and is located at coordinates 4.36°N, 18.55°E. It is the capital city of Central African Republic.
Bangui gets 12h 22m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 52m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Bangui falls at about 11:46 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 3.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City on the River's Rapids: Bangui is named for the rapids on the Ubangi river that stopped boats here — bangui means rapids in the Bobangi language. The river marks the border with the DRC and is the country's main link to the outside.