Indexed entity
Yaoundé is the yaounde-CM record in Cameroon: country slug cameroon, city slug yaounde, ISO CM, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Douala.
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Live local time
Yaoundé, Cameroon
11:39:30 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Douala
Quick answer
It is currently 11:39:30 AM (WAT, UTC+01:00) in Yaoundé, Cameroon — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
21°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
28°C
20°C
59% rain
Wed
27°C
20°C
83% rain
Thu
28°C
21°C
80% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Central African CFA Franc
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
06:02 AM
Sunset
06:21 PM
Day length
12h 20m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Yaoundé, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:39 AM UTC.
Current local time
11:39:30 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WAT
Africa/Douala · UTC+01:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Yaoundé right now
Nearest airport
NSI
Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport · 17 km
Indexed airports
2
Curated airport references available for Cameroon
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 11:39 GMT+1
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Yaoundé is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+01:00
Zone label
GMT+1
London
11:39 AM / +0h
Dubai
02:39 PM / +3h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
NSI Yaoundé, 17 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:02 AM to 06:21 PM, with solar noon around 12:12 PM and total daylight of 12h 19m.
Mapped location
3.87°N, 11.52°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:39 AM / +0h
Good live-call window with Yaoundé right now.
New York
06:39 AM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:39 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:39 PM / +3h
Good live-call window with Yaoundé right now.
Singapore
06:39 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Yaoundé.
NSI · Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport
Yaoundé
DLA · Douala International Airport
Douala
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Douala for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+01:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+01:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Yaoundé right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: NSI Yaoundé, 17 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Douala. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Yaoundé has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Yaoundé.
Canonical route
/time/cameroon/yaounde/
Catalog identity
yaounde-CM · CM · Africa
Coordinate cell
3.87°N, 11.52°E · lat 3.867 · lon 11.517 · cell 387:1152
Population record
1,299,369 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Africa/Douala · GMT+1 · UTC+01:00
January / July offsets
UTC+01:00 / UTC+01:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea · 192 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 5,237 km
Closest airport references
NSI Yaoundé 17 km · DLA Douala 200 km
Zone peer roster
Douala, Cameroon · Bamenda, Cameroon · Bafoussam, Cameroon
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Yaoundé: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Yaoundé is the yaounde-CM record in Cameroon: country slug cameroon, city slug yaounde, ISO CM, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Douala.
3.87°N, 11.52°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 3 and longitude band 11; exact decimal pair 3.86667, 11.51667.
Cameroon: official name Republic of Cameroon; capital Yaoundé; region Africa; subregion Middle Africa; country population 29,442,327; area 475,442 km²; languages English, French; currencies XAF Central African CFA franc. This is the country layer behind the Yaoundé clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Cameroon: Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both geostrategic locations. Cameroon's population of nearly 31 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French. The capital city of the country is Yaoundé. Source: Wikipedia.
Ebebiyin [ebebiyin-GQ, GQ, Africa/Malabo, 192 km]; Douala [douala-CM, CM, Africa/Douala, 202 km]; Bafoussam [bafoussam-CM, CM, Africa/Douala, 217 km]; Bamenda [bamenda-CM, CM, Africa/Douala, 278 km]; Bata [bata-GQ, GQ, Africa/Malabo, 296 km]; Malabo [malabo-GQ, GQ, Africa/Malabo, 304 km]; Libreville [libreville-GA, GA, Africa/Libreville, 449 km]; Owendo [owendo-GA, GA, Africa/Libreville, 456 km]
Yaoundé is part of this indexed country cluster: Douala [douala-CM, Africa/Douala, pop 1,338,082]; Yaoundé [yaounde-CM, Africa/Douala, pop 1,299,369]; Bamenda [bamenda-CM, Africa/Douala, pop 420,445]; Bafoussam [bafoussam-CM, Africa/Douala, pop 373,268].
Dubai 5,237 km; London 5,407 km; São Paulo 6,993 km; New York 9,350 km; Singapore 10,253 km; Tokyo 13,061 km; Los Angeles 13,277 km; Sydney 14,679 km
NSI Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport in Yaoundé [CM, 17 km]; DLA Douala International Airport in Douala [CM, 200 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include DLA Douala International Airport in Douala [CM]; NSI Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport in Yaoundé [CM].
Yaoundé renders Jun 2, 2026 · 11:39 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Yaoundé.
Yaoundé is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained Cameroon city pages. The route is /time/cameroon/yaounde/ and the city id is yaounde-CM.
Yaoundé has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Yaoundé is pinned at 3.87°N, 11.52°E; Ebebiyin (192 km); Dubai (5,237 km).
Africa/Douala resolves to stable UTC+01:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Cameroon.
NSI Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (17 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 2 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Yaoundé uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Yaoundé: Yaoundé is the capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million, which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Yaoundé is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 11.52°, Yaoundé's mean solar noon falls about 14 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Yaoundé sits at 3.87°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Yaoundé sits at 3.87°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 12 (12h 21m)
Shortest day
Jan 1 (11h 54m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 27m
See the full daylight curve for Yaoundé at /sun/yaounde/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Yaoundé local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Yaoundé |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 04:30 - 12:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 01:00 - 09:00 |
Capital status
National capital of Cameroon
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and its second-largest city, with a population of roughly 1.3 million, set in the hilly interior of the country's Centre Region at an elevation of about 750 metres. It observes West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1) year-round, with no daylight saving. As the political and administrative capital, Yaoundé hosts the national government, the presidency, and most foreign embassies, while the coastal city of Douala serves as the economic capital. Founded as a German colonial post in 1888, the city is built across seven hills and is a major centre of government, education, and services for central Africa.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Yaoundé's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 11:39:30 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Yaoundé (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:02 AM to 06:21 PM
Day length 12h 19m · Solar noon 12:12 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Yaoundé local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.3M
Coordinates
3.87, 11.52
Timezone
Africa/Douala
Indexed airports
2
Capital
Yaoundé
Languages
English, French
Currency
XAF (Fr)
Country area
475,442 km²
Yaoundé, Cameroon (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Douala (WAT, UTC+01:00); population ~1.3M.
Coordinates: 3.87°N, 11.52°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~429 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:02 AM and sets around 06:21 PM in Yaoundé — about 12h 19m of daylight. Cameroon stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Ebebiyin (192 km from Yaoundé) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Cameroon.
Yaoundé is indexed as a Africa city in the CM country record, using Africa/Douala as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/cameroon/yaounde/.
Location context: 3.87°N, 11.52°E; population 1,299,369; nearest indexed city Ebebiyin is about 192 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 5,237 km away.
Country planning context: capital Yaoundé; subregion Middle Africa; languages English, French; currency XAF (Fr); area 475,442 km²; 2 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Yaoundé is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 11.52°, Yaoundé's mean solar noon falls about 14 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Yaoundé sits at 3.87°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.3 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Yaoundé: Douala (same time), Sydney (+9h), Tokyo (+8h), Singapore (+7h), Mumbai (+4.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
cameroon
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Douala
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
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 Yaoundé.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Yaoundé: closest hubs Dubai (~5,237 km), London (~5,407 km), São Paulo (~6,993 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~14,679 km).
Yaoundé sits inside Cameroon — the Middle Africa subregion, capital Yaoundé, languages English, French, currency XAF (Fr).
Closest indexed cities to Yaoundé: Ebebiyin (192 km), Douala (202 km), Bafoussam (217 km), Bamenda (278 km).
Closest curated airport references from Yaoundé: NSI Yaoundé (17 km), DLA Douala (200 km).
Yaoundé Nsimalen International AirportNSI
Yaoundé · 17 km from Yaoundé
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Douala International AirportDLA
Douala · 200 km from Yaoundé
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:39 AM | +0h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:39 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:39 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:39 PM | +3h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:39 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:39 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:39 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:39 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Yaoundé is in the Africa/Douala timezone (WAT), with a UTC offset of +01:00.
Yaoundé does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+01:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Yaoundé is UTC+01:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Yaoundé, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 11:39 GMT+1. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Yaoundé sits at 3.87°N, 11.52°E in Cameroon, with about 1.3M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Yaoundé is Dubai, about 5,237 km away as the crow flies.
Ebebiyin is the closest indexed city, roughly 192 km from Yaoundé.
Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 17 km from Yaoundé.
Yaoundé uses Central African CFA franc (XAF, symbol Fr) as the local currency of Cameroon.
The longest day of 2026 in Yaoundé falls on Jun 12 with about 12h 21m of daylight. The shortest is Jan 1 with 11h 54m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Yaoundé local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 14:00-22:00; London 09:00-17:00; Frankfurt 08:00-16:00; Dubai 06:00-14:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.