Current time in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Ouagadougou
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+0 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Centre, Burkina Faso (capital) · 12.37° N, 1.53° W
- Population
- 2,415,266
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Ouagadougou at about 12:06 standard time: the clock runs about 6 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:50 and 12:20 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:10 | 18:16 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:42 | 18:33 | 12h 51m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:55 | 18:01 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:22 | 17:46 | 11h 24m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:55–17:57 (12 h 2 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.