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Douala

UTC+1

Cameroon · WAT

Rainy season
01:43:38Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:12↓ 18:3024:00
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
18:30
Daylight
12.3hrs
Population
2.8M
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Douala, Cameroon runs on UTC+1. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+1 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 5-hour difference between Douala and New York. 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 Douala lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Douala 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 Douala lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Douala and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Douala lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Douala.

Practical Info

Douala (Cameroon) is home to roughly 2.8M people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 18:30. 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

Cameroon

Cameroon

Capital

Yaoundé

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

WAT · Africa/Douala

Coordinates

4.05°N, 9.77°E

Currency

XAF (FCFA)

Calling Code

+237

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

French, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Central Africa's Busiest Port

Douala handles the overwhelming majority of Cameroon's trade and serves as the sea outlet for Chad and the Central African Republic too — landlocked countries whose imports arrive here and travel by road for days.

The clock: Douala keeps UTC+1 and is among the wettest large cities in Africa, with over 3,500 mm of rain a year.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

7h overlap
DoualaUTC+1
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824