BanguiCentral African Republic
Current time in Bangui, Central African Republic
Thursday, 24 September 2026
West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBangui time at a glance
- Country
- Central African Republic
- Location
- Capital city of Central African Republic
- Time zone
Africa/Bangui- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Bangui time guide
Does Bangui change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+01:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Bangui
- Bangui and London
- 1 hour ahead of GMT; the same clock time during BST
- Bangui and New York
- 6 hours ahead of EST; 5 hours ahead of EDT
Capital prefecture
Bangui is separately reported in the census
ICASEES reports Bangui separately in the provisional 2025 census results, with 1,684,562 residents and 25.3% of the national population. The broader Bas-Oubangui regional grouping includes the capital and should not be treated as a smaller urban-core boundary.
Time-zone identity for Bangui
- IANA zone
Africa/Bangui- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Bangui is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Bangui
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Bangui
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Bangui, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Bangui, capital of Central African Republic
Bangui is the capital of Central African Republic. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Central African Republic
- Administrative area
- Central African Republic
- Population
- 812,407
- Coordinates
- 4.3612° N, 18.5550° E. The elevation is 351 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Bangui
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Bangui. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BégouaOmbella-M'Poko, Central African Republic11 km north
Africa/BanguiSame local time - BimboOmbella-M'Poko, Central African Republic19 km southwest
Africa/BanguiSame local time - BobanguiLobaye, Central African Republic60 km southwest
Africa/BanguiSame local time - BoaliOmbella-M'Poko, Central African Republic68 km northwest
Africa/BanguiSame local time - MbaïkiLobaye, Central African Republic83 km southwest
Africa/BanguiSame local time - BossembéléOmbella-M'Poko, Central African Republic142 km northwest
Africa/BanguiSame local time
Sources for Bangui time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Fourth Population and Housing Census provisional resultsCentral African Institute of Statistics and Economic and Social Studies · Provisional 2025 census results published 2026-08 · AccessedOfficial current census population and regional context for Bangui.