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Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso

Hauts-Bassins keeps Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0, all year. Bobo-Dioulasso, Houndé, Orodara, and surrounding communities share one official time, with no seasonal clock adjustment.

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC+0 · Africa/Ouagadougou

Time and sun data for Bobo-Dioulasso — the largest city of Hauts-Bassins

The sun in Bobo-Dioulasso

Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 6:21 PM

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Current time in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso

Local clocks in Hauts-Bassins match Coordinated Universal Time. A UTC timestamp can be read directly as local time without adding or subtracting hours. This applies throughout the region, from its main city to smaller settlements.

The absence of daylight saving time keeps the regional clock stable. International differences may nevertheless change when another country advances or sets back its clocks. For recurring calls, save Bobo-Dioulasso or Africa/Ouagadougou in a world-clock application instead of memorizing a difference that may later shift.

A clock conversion is easy; remembering which country moved its clocks last weekend is the troublesome part.

Planning calls and travel

A departure time printed locally in Bobo-Dioulasso uses the same time standard as one printed in Houndé or Orodara. There is no internal time-zone boundary to account for while travelling around Hauts-Bassins.

Confirm that the stated time is local to Burkina Faso. Use UTC+0 as the fixed regional offset. Check the destination’s current offset, including any seasonal change there. Add the date when arranging an overnight or cross-border connection.

The date deserves attention when a conversion crosses midnight. A late-evening event in Hauts-Bassins may already fall on the following calendar day in a location several hours to the east. Conversely, a western destination may still be on the previous date.

Main cities and the morning light

Bobo-Dioulasso is the regional capital and dominant urban center. Houndé and Orodara are also major cities within Hauts-Bassins. They keep identical clock time, but their different positions mean that sunrise calculations are not interchangeable.

Orodara lies farther west than Bobo-Dioulasso and Houndé, so the Sun generally rises later there by the clock. The precise gap is best obtained from a dated city forecast or astronomical calculator. Seasonal changes in sunrise happen naturally even though the official clocks remain fixed.

For an early journey, distinguish sunrise from first usable daylight. Civil twilight precedes sunrise, while obstructions can delay direct sight of the Sun. A city-level time is appropriate for ordinary planning; navigation, photography, or fieldwork calls for exact coordinates and a date.

Questions and answers
Is Bobo-Dioulasso on UTC?
Yes. Its local time is GMT, which is UTC+0.
Do Houndé and Orodara have another time zone?
No. They follow the same official time as the rest of Hauts-Bassins.
Why does sunrise vary if the clocks agree?
Clock time is set for the whole country, while sunrise depends on location and season.

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