Bobo-Dioulasso in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.1771, -4.2979
- Population
- 904 920
- Region
- Hauts-Bassins
- Country
- Burkina Faso, Africa
- Capital
- Ouagadougou — 329 km away
What time is it in Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso
This page helps you check the local time in Bobo-Dioulasso, a city in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso, together with today’s sunrise, sunset, daylight, and current weather details.
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+0 · Africa/Ouagadougou
Local time in Bobo-Dioulasso
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
The sun today
Sunrise 06:09 Solar noon 12:18 Sunset 18:27 Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 05:47 – 18:48
Weather in Bobo-Dioulasso right now
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Bobo-Dioulasso and its neighbours
Largest cities in Hauts-Bassins
- Hounde 87 151
- Orodara 33 422
- Karankasso 15 474
Same time zone — Africa/Ouagadougou
- Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Nearby places
What time is it in Bobo-Dioulasso
The clock shown for Bobo-Dioulasso is the city’s local time. Use it when arranging a call, confirming an appointment, planning a departure, or deciding whether someone in the city is likely to be awake. Reading the displayed city time directly is safer than estimating from your own clock.
If you are elsewhere, compare Bobo-Dioulasso with your present location before setting a schedule. A meeting that feels conveniently timed at one end may fall early in the morning or late in the evening at the other. Writing both local times in an invitation removes ambiguity.
Check the full local date as well as the clock. Use the displayed time when coordinating travel or remote work. Confirm the time again shortly before a live event. Label each time with its city when sharing a plan. A clock conversion done in your head is often perfect until another person relies on it.
Sunrise and sunset in Hauts-Bassins
Sunrise and sunset describe when the sun reaches the horizon for Bobo-Dioulasso on the selected date. They are useful for planning walks, road journeys, outdoor work, photography, and any activity for which natural light matters. The interval between them represents the day’s available daylight.
These times do not remain identical throughout the year. Check the date attached to the values rather than carrying an old sunrise or sunset time into a later plan. Dawn begins before sunrise, while usable evening light can continue after sunset, so neither event marks an instant switch between complete darkness and full daylight.
Cloud, dust, buildings, trees, and the observer’s exact position can change how bright the surroundings appear. The listed solar times provide a consistent planning reference, but conditions at street level may affect what you actually see.
Weather and practical planning
The weather section adds context to the clock. Temperature indicates how warm or cool the air is, while wind, cloud, precipitation, and visibility can influence comfort and travel. Check when the observation or forecast was updated because weather can change while the local time continues normally.
For an outdoor plan, read the time, sunlight information, and weather together. A suitable hour may still be uncomfortable if direct sun is strong, rain is approaching, or visibility is poor. Conversely, cloud can soften the light without changing the calculated sunset.
Start with the current Bobo-Dioulasso time. Check whether your activity occurs before or after sunset. Review temperature, wind, cloud, and precipitation. Recheck close to departure if conditions matter.
Questions and answers
- Is the displayed clock the local time in Bobo-Dioulasso?
- Yes. It is intended to show the time used for the city rather than the time on your own device.
- Why does the sunrise time change?
- Sunrise varies with the date and the city’s position. Always use the entry for the day you are planning.
- Does sunset mean it becomes dark immediately?
- No. Twilight normally provides some natural light after the sun has crossed the horizon, although cloud and local surroundings affect visibility.