Current Time in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Burkina Faso
It's 7:05 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Burkina Faso on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Burkina Faso does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- IANA: Africa/Ouagadougou
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00 (GMT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+0 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Ouagadougou
Bobo-Dioulasso
Koudougou
Saaba
How Burkina Faso writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 novembre 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the fr-BF locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Burkina Faso
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Burkina Faso time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:05 PM | Same time | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:05 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:05 AM | 8 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:05 PM | 4 h ahead | 4 h (09:00–13:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:05 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:05 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:05 AM | 11 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:05 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
Burkina Faso at a glance
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Population
- 24,070,553
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
Questions about time in Burkina Faso
- What time is it in Burkina Faso right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:05 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Burkina Faso.
- How many time zones does Burkina Faso have?
- Burkina Faso uses one time zone, Greenwich Mean Time (IANA ID Africa/Ouagadougou).
- Does Burkina Faso observe daylight saving time?
- No. Burkina Faso does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.