Current Time in Cameroon
Cameroon 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 Cameroon
It's 8:03 PM WAT (UTC+01:00) in Cameroon on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Cameroon does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+1 all year.
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Douala
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 (WAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+1 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
Douala
Yaoundé
Bamenda
Bafoussam
How Cameroon 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-CM locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Cameroon
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Cameroon time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 1 h behind | 7 h (10:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 9 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 3 h ahead | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 10 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 4 h behind | 4 h (13:00–17:00) |
Cameroon at a glance
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Population
- 29,442,327
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Questions about time in Cameroon
- What time is it in Cameroon right now?
- When this page was generated it was 8:03 PM WAT (UTC+01:00) in Cameroon.
- How many time zones does Cameroon have?
- Cameroon uses one time zone, West Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Douala).
- Does Cameroon observe daylight saving time?
- No. Cameroon does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+1 all year.