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Pointe-Noire, República do Congo
02:19:18 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Brazzaville
Pointe-Noire
City, department and commune of the Republic of the Congo
Hora local atual
02:19:18 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuso horário
WAT
Africa/Brazzaville · UTC+01:00
Próximo feriado
Labour Day
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
Sobreposição comercial agora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Pointe-Noire right now
Aeroporto mais próximo
BZV
Maya-Maya International Airport · 380 km
Aeroportos indexados
1
Curated airport references available for República do Congo
Snapshot at render time: 02:19:18 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Pointe-Noire (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
25°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 30°C · Humidity 93% · Wind 8 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
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Pointe-Noire local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Islamic New Year (Muharram) 2026
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Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony
culturequinta-feira, 18 de junho de 2026
49 days to go
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
religioussexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026
1 day to go
Vesak 2026
festival-buddhistsexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026
1 day to go
EU Digital Markets Act — First Review Report
regulatorydomingo, 3 de maio de 2026
3 days to go
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
electionsegunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2026
4 days to go
Population
1M
Coordinates
-4.78, 11.86
Timezone
Africa/Brazzaville
Aeroportos indexados
1
Capital
Brazzaville
Languages
French, Kikongo
Currency
XAF (Fr)
Country area
342,000 km²
For República do Congo, 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. República do Congo 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 República do Congo.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Pointe-Noire.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Brazzaville
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
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 República do Congo — 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 República do Congo.
Closest curated airport references from Pointe-Noire: BZV Brazzaville (380 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
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
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:19 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 09:19 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 06:19 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:19 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:19 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:19 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:19 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:19 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Loandjili
República do Congo
Approx. 2 km away
Buco Zau
Angola
Approx. 76 km away
Cabinda
Angola
Approx. 95 km away
Belize
Angola
Approx. 101 km away
Dolisie
República do Congo
Approx. 110 km away
Tshela
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 123 km away
Moanda
Congo - Kinshasa
Approx. 140 km away
Loudima
República do Congo
Approx. 152 km away
Pointe-Noire está no fuso horário Africa/Brazzaville (WAT), com um deslocamento UTC de +01:00.
Pointe-Noire não está atualmente observando o Horário de Verão.
O deslocamento UTC atual para Pointe-Noire é UTC+01:00.
Pointe-Noire sits at 4.78°S, 11.86°E in República do Congo, 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 República do Congo, on sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026.
