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Garoua

UTC+1

Cameroon · WAT

Rainy season
01:45:21Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:48↓ 18:3024:00
Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
18:30
Daylight
12.7hrs
Population
440K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Garoua, 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 Garoua 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 Garoua lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Garoua 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 Garoua lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Garoua 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 Garoua 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 Garoua.

Practical Info

Garoua (Cameroon) is home to roughly 440K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, 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 9° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Cameroon

Cameroon

Capital

Yaoundé

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

WAT · Africa/Douala

Coordinates

9.30°N, 13.40°E

Currency

XAF (FCFA)

Calling Code

+237

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

French, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A River Port in the Sahel

Garoua sits on the Bénoué, which in the rainy season becomes navigable to the Niger and the sea — for a few months a year it is a genuine inland port, and dry land the rest of the time.

The clock: Garoua keeps UTC+1. The national parks nearby hold one of the last West African populations of giraffe and lion.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

7h overlap
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