Burkina Faso · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
6h overlap