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Bafoussam, Camerún
08:44:18 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Douala

Bafoussam
Capital and largest city of the West region, Cameroon
Hora local actual
08:44:18 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zona horaria
WAT
Africa/Douala · UTC+01:00
Próximo festivo
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Solapamiento laboral ahora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bafoussam right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
DLA
Douala International Airport · 181 km
Aeropuertos indexados
2
Curated airport references available for Camerún
Snapshot at render time: 08:44:18 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Bafoussam (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
22°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 23°C · Humidity 77% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:06 AM to 06:24 PM
Day length 12h 18m · Solar noon 12:15 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bafoussam local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
373.3K
Coordinates
5.48, 10.42
Timezone
Africa/Douala
Aeropuertos indexados
2
Capital
Yaoundé
Languages
English, French
Currency
XAF (Fr)
Country area
475,442 km²
For Camerún, Bafoussam (rank #4 by population in this dataset) reads WAT, UTC+01:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Douala, and the city's roughly 373.3K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 5.48°N, 10.42°E put Bafoussam roughly 608 km from the equator in the deep tropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:06 AM and sets around 06:24 PM in Bafoussam — about 12h 18m of daylight. Camerún stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Bandjoun (11 km from Bafoussam) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Camerún.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Douala
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+01:00
Algeria, Tunisia, Isle of Man, Ireland, United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Central African Republic
Other cities in this timezone
London
+0h
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Bafoussam.
Bafoussam is the capital and largest city of the West Region of Cameroon, in the Bamboutos Mountains. It is the 3rd most important (financially) city in Cameroon, after Yaoundé and Douala. The communauté urbaine of Bafoussam, is a decentralized territorial collectivity. Originally called Urban Commune of Bafoussam, the communauté urbaine of Bafoussam, was born after the Presidential Decree N ° 2008/022 of January 17, 2008 and composed of three communes, namely: the Commune of Bafoussam I, the Commune of Bafoussam II (Baleng) and the Commune of Bafoussam III (Bamougoum).
Distance-wise, Bafoussam is closest to London (~5,210 km), Dubai (~5,251 km), São Paulo (~6,975 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,891 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Bafoussam sits inside Camerún — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Yaoundé, languages English, French, currency XAF (Fr).
Around Bafoussam, the nearest mapped reference cities are Bandjoun (11 km), Foumbot (24 km), Mbouda (24 km), Bangangté (39 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for WAT planning.
Closest curated airport references from Bafoussam: DLA Douala (181 km), NSI Yaoundé (232 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Douala International AirportDLA
Douala · 181 km from Bafoussam
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Yaoundé Nsimalen International AirportNSI
Yaoundé · 232 km from Bafoussam
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
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2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:44 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:44 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:44 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:44 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 03:44 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 04:44 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 05:44 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:44 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Bafoussam está en la zona horaria Africa/Douala (WAT), con un desfase UTC de +01:00.
Bafoussam no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Bafoussam es UTC+01:00.
Bafoussam sits at 5.48°N, 10.42°E in Camerún, with about 373.3K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bafoussam is London, about 5,210 km away as the crow flies.
Bandjoun is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Bafoussam.
Douala International Airport (DLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 181 km from Bafoussam.