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Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville
11:20:38 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Brazzaville

Pointe-Noire
City, department and commune of the Republic of the Congo
Ora locale attuale
11:20:38 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
WAT
Africa/Brazzaville · UTC+01:00
Prossima festività
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Pointe-Noire right now
Aeroporto più vicino
BZV
Maya-Maya International Airport · 380 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
1
Curated airport references available for Congo-Brazzaville
Snapshot at render time: 11:20:38 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Pointe-Noire (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
25°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 31°C · Humidity 95% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:11 AM to 06:08 PM
Day length 11h 57m · Solar noon 12:10 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Pointe-Noire local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1M
Coordinates
-4.78, 11.86
Timezone
Africa/Brazzaville
Aeroporti indicizzati
1
Capital
Brazzaville
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
XAF (Fr)
Country area
342,000 km²
For Congo-Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire (rank #2 by population in this dataset) reads WAT, UTC+01:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Brazzaville, and the city's roughly 1M residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Pointe-Noire sits at 4.78°S, 11.86°E; that's the deep tropics (Equatorial Hemisphere, ~530 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:11 AM and sets around 06:08 PM in Pointe-Noire — about 11h 57m of daylight. Congo-Brazzaville stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Loandjili (2 km from Pointe-Noire) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Congo-Brazzaville.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Pointe-Noire.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Brazzaville
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 Pointe-Noire.
Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, with a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023. It is also an autonomous department and a commune since the 2002 constitution; before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region. It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Pointe-Noire is the main economic centre of the country. It is located near the border with Angola.
Reading Pointe-Noire against the global hubs: Dubai (~5,750 km), London (~6,362 km), São Paulo (~6,593 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~13,960 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Pointe-Noire sits inside Congo-Brazzaville — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Brazzaville, languages French, Kikongo, Lingala, currency XAF (Fr).
The closest mapped neighbors of Pointe-Noire are Loandjili (2 km), Buco Zau (76 km), Cabinda (95 km), Belize (101 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Pointe-Noire: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Congo-Brazzaville.
Closest curated airport references from Pointe-Noire: BZV Brazzaville (380 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.
Maya-Maya International AirportBZV
Brazzaville · 380 km from Pointe-Noire
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 14m
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.
2013: 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
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:20 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:20 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:20 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:20 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:20 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:20 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:20 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:20 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Loandjili
Congo-Brazzaville
Approx. 2 km away
Buco Zau
Angola
Approx. 76 km away
Cabinda
Angola
Approx. 95 km away
Belize
Angola
Approx. 101 km away
Dolisie
Congo-Brazzaville
Approx. 110 km away
Tshela
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 123 km away
Moanda
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 140 km away
Loudima
Congo-Brazzaville
Approx. 152 km away
Pointe-Noire si trova nel fuso orario Africa/Brazzaville (WAT), con uno scostamento UTC di +01:00.
Pointe-Noire non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Pointe-Noire è UTC+01:00.
Pointe-Noire sits at 4.78°S, 11.86°E in Congo-Brazzaville, with about 1M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Pointe-Noire is Dubai, about 5,750 km away as the crow flies.
Loandjili is the closest indexed city, roughly 2 km from Pointe-Noire.
Maya-Maya International Airport (BZV) is the closest curated airport reference, about 380 km from Pointe-Noire.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Congo-Brazzaville, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.