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Boende, Congo-Kinshasa
11:19:49 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Kinshasa

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Heure locale actuelle
11:19:49 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
WAT
Africa/Kinshasa · UTC+01:00
Prochain jour férié
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Boende right now
Aéroport le plus proche
FKI
Bangoka International Airport · 503 km
Aéroports indexés
3
Curated airport references available for Congo-Kinshasa
Snapshot at render time: 11:19:49 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Boende (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
25°C, Overcast
Feels like 29°C · Humidity 84% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:30 AM to 05:36 PM
Day length 12h 6m · Solar noon 11:33 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Boende local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
G7 Évian Summit
politicallundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
German Federal Constitutional Court — Inheritance Tax Ruling
judiciallundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
Sabarimala 9-Judge Constitutional Bench Verdict
judiciallundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
House of the Dragon Season 3
release-tvlundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
The Beatles - Anthology 4 (Continued Rollout)
release-albumlundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
GPT-6 Launch (estimated window)
keynotelundi 15 juin 2026
47 days to go
Population
50.8K
Coordinates
-0.28, 20.88
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Aéroports indexés
3
Capital
Kinshasa
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
CDF (FC)
Country area
2,344,858 km²
For Congo-Kinshasa, Boende (rank #80 by population in this dataset) reads WAT, UTC+01:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Kinshasa, and the city's roughly 50.8K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Boende sits at 0.28°S, 20.88°E; that's the deep tropics (Equatorial Hemisphere, ~31 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 05:30 AM and sets around 05:36 PM in Boende — about 12h 6m of daylight. Congo-Kinshasa stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Basankusu (206 km from Boende) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Congo-Kinshasa.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Boende.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Kinshasa
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
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 Boende.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:19 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:19 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:19 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:19 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:19 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:19 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:19 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:19 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Basankusu
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 206 km away
Lisala
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 280 km away
Mbandaka
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 294 km away
Bolenge
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 298 km away
Binga
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 298 km away
Bumba
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 326 km away
Inongo
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 341 km away
Basoko
Congo-Kinshasa
Approx. 348 km away
Boende est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Kinshasa (WAT), avec un décalage UTC de +01:00.
Boende n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Boende est UTC+01:00.
Boende sits at 0.28°S, 20.88°E in Congo-Kinshasa, with about 50.8K residents (rank #80 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Boende is Dubai, about 4,657 km away as the crow flies.
Basankusu is the closest indexed city, roughly 206 km from Boende.
Bangoka International Airport (FKI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 503 km from Boende.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo-Kinshasa, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.
Reading Boende against the global hubs: Dubai (~4,657 km), London (~6,088 km), São Paulo (~7,712 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~14,343 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Boende sits inside Congo-Kinshasa — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Kinshasa, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency CDF (FC).
The closest mapped neighbors of Boende are Basankusu (206 km), Lisala (280 km), Mbandaka (294 km), Bolenge (298 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Boende: Labour Day, Liberation Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo-Kinshasa.
Closest curated airport references from Boende: FKI Kisangani (503 km), FIH Kinshasa (757 km), FBM Lubumbashi (1456 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.
Bangoka International AirportFKI
Kisangani · 503 km from Boende
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
Ndjili International AirportFIH
Kinshasa · 757 km from Boende
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 43m
Lubumbashi International AirportFBM
Lubumbashi · 1456 km from Boende
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 37m
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.
A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
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