Current Time in Yaounde, Cameroon 🇨🇲
Lat/Long: 3.85° N, 11.5° E
Region: Centre
Country: 🇨🇲 Cameroon
IANA Timezone: Africa/Douala
Timezone: WAT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Cameroon: WAT
Time now in other cities in Cameroon:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Yaounde
Sunrise
in Yaounde
↑
6:02 AM
Sunset
in Yaounde
↓
6:22 PM
Day Length
12h 19m
Dawn
in Yaounde
5:39 AM
Dusk
in Yaounde
6:45 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Yaounde
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
88.3%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 21:54
Next Moonset
↓
Today, 09:14
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FAQ — Time in Yaounde
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 01:27:30 in Yaounde, Cameroon. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Yaounde uses Africa/Douala (WAT) — UTC+01:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Douala, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Yaounde does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Douala (WAT) — UTC+01:00 year-round.
Yaounde is currently +01:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Yaounde's local time, use our time calculator.
Cameroon has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.