Cameroon · WAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
7h overlap