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Ouagadougou

UTC+0

Burkina Faso · GMT

Rainy season
00:43:37Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:42↓ 18:2424:00
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
18:24
Daylight
12.7hrs
Population
2.4M
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 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 Ouagadougou 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 Ouagadougou lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Ouagadougou 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 Ouagadougou lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Ouagadougou 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 Ouagadougou.

Practical Info

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) is home to roughly 2.4M people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 18:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Capital

Ouagadougou 👑

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

GMT · Africa/Ouagadougou

Coordinates

12.37°N, 1.52°W

Currency

XOF (CFA)

Calling Code

+226

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

French

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Africa's Largest Film Festival

FESPACO has been held in Ouagadougou every two years since 1969 and is the largest African film festival in the world. Its grand prize is a statuette of Princess Yennenga, the founding figure of the Mossi people.

The clock: Ouagadougou keeps UTC+0. Burkina Faso's name, adopted in 1984, translates roughly as land of upright people.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

6h overlap
OuagadougouUTC+0
06121824
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