Current time in Balanbale
Friday, 17 July 2026
Balanbale, Somalia · Africa/Addis_Ababa · UTC+03:00
Time-zone identity for Balanbale
- IANA zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Balanbale is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Balanbale
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Balanbale
Conditions near Balanbale and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Sunny
- Feels like
- 14°C
- Humidity
- 66%
- Wind
- 23.8 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny22°C to 34°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 38.9 km/h
- Sunny22°C to 34°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 37.4 km/h
- Sunny22°C to 34°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 32 km/h
Forecast valid from 06:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T04:06:33.657Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T04:21:33.657Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Balanbale
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Addis_Ababa, 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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Balanbale
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Africa/Addis_Ababa local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:51
- Sunset
- 18:16
- Solar noon
- 12:03
- Civil twilight
- 05:28–18:38
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:33
- Moonset
- 21:03
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 12%
Location context
About Balanbale
Location details for Balanbale in Galguduud, Somalia.
- Administrative area
- Galguduud, Somalia
- Population
- 68,000
- Coordinates
- 5.7690° N, 45.7630° E. The elevation is 330 metres.
Country context
Somalia at a glance
Country information for Somalia. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Country codes
- SO · SOM · 706
- Population
- 15,008,154
- Currency
- Somali Shilling (SOS)
- Calling code
- +252
- Languages
- Somali (Somalia), Arabic (Somalia), Italian, and English (Somalia)
- Time zones represented
- 2 time zones are used by cities in this directory: Africa/Addis_Ababa and Africa/Mogadishu.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Balanbale
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Balanbale. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- CabudwaaqGalguduud, Somalia74 km northeast
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - DhabadGalguduud, Somalia107 km northeast
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - CeeldheerGalguduud, Somalia265 km southeast
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - BeledweyneHiiraan, Somalia131 km southwest
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - SaaxoMudug, Somalia160 km northeast
Africa/MogadishuSame local time - BuulobardeHiiraan, Somalia214 km south
Africa/MogadishuSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Africa/Addis_Ababa when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 342803 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T04:06:33.637Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T04:06:33.657Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T04:06:33.656Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.