🇧🇫 Time in Burkina Faso

Q: What is the capital of Burkina Faso?

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou . Click through for the current local time in Ouagadougou, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

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18:52:43

Monday, 10 August 2026

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Capital City: Ouagadougou

Largest Cities:

Ouagadougou (Pop. 2,450,000)
Bobo-Dioulasso (Pop. 904,920)
Koudougou (Pop. 160,239)
Saaba (Pop. 136,011)
Ouahigouya (Pop. 124,587)

ISO Alpha-2: BF

ISO Alpha-3: BFA

IANA Time Zone: Africa/Abidjan (UTC+00:00)

Time Zones: GMT

Regions in Burkina Faso

Boucle du Mouhoun Cascades Region Centre Centre-Est Centre-Nord Centre-Ouest Centre-Sud Est Hauts-Bassins Nord Plateau-Central Sahel Sud-Ouest

Time Now in Major Cities in Burkina Faso

Banfora Mon 18:52:43
Bobo-Dioulasso Mon 18:52:43
Fada N'gourma Mon 18:52:43
Houndé Mon 18:52:43
Kaya Mon 18:52:43
Koudougou Mon 18:52:43
Ouagadougou Mon 18:52:43
Ouahigouya Mon 18:52:43
Pouytenga Mon 18:52:43
Saaba Mon 18:52:43

City	Current Time
Banfora	Mon 18:52:43
Bobo-Dioulasso	Mon 18:52:43
Fada N'gourma	Mon 18:52:43
Houndé	Mon 18:52:43
Kaya	Mon 18:52:43
Koudougou	Mon 18:52:43
Ouagadougou	Mon 18:52:43
Ouahigouya	Mon 18:52:43
Pouytenga	Mon 18:52:43
Saaba	Mon 18:52:43

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Burkina Faso

Africa/Abidjan Mon 18:52:43
Africa/Ouagadougou Mon 18:52:43

Timezone	Current Time
Africa/Abidjan	Mon 18:52:43
Africa/Ouagadougou	Mon 18:52:43

Sunrise and Sunset in Burkina Faso (10 Locations)

Banfora

↑ 6:09 AM

↓ 6:39 PM
Bobo-Dioulasso

↑ 6:06 AM

↓ 6:38 PM
Fada N'gourma

↑ 5:46 AM

↓ 6:20 PM
Houndé

↑ 6:03 AM

↓ 6:35 PM
Kaya

↑ 5:51 AM

↓ 6:27 PM
Koudougou

↑ 5:57 AM

↓ 6:31 PM
Ouagadougou

↑ 5:54 AM

↓ 6:28 PM
Ouahigouya

↑ 5:56 AM

↓ 6:33 PM
Pouytenga

↑ 5:49 AM

↓ 6:24 PM
Saaba

↑ 5:53 AM

↓ 6:28 PM

City	↑ Sunrise	↓ Sunset
Banfora	↑ 6:09 AM	↓ 6:39 PM
Bobo-Dioulasso	↑ 6:06 AM	↓ 6:38 PM
Fada N'gourma	↑ 5:46 AM	↓ 6:20 PM
Houndé	↑ 6:03 AM	↓ 6:35 PM
Kaya	↑ 5:51 AM	↓ 6:27 PM
Koudougou	↑ 5:57 AM	↓ 6:31 PM
Ouagadougou	↑ 5:54 AM	↓ 6:28 PM
Ouahigouya	↑ 5:56 AM	↓ 6:33 PM
Pouytenga	↑ 5:49 AM	↓ 6:24 PM
Saaba	↑ 5:53 AM	↓ 6:28 PM

Current Weather in Burkina Faso (10 Locations)

City	Condition	Temp.

Information about Burkina Faso

Population	19,751,535
Area	274,200 km²
ISO Numeric Code	854
FIPS Code	UV
Top Level Domain	.bf
Currency	Franc (XOF)
Phone Prefix	+226
Country Code	+226
Languages	FR-BF (fr-BF), MOS (mos)
Neighbouring Countries	🇧🇯 Benin, 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇹🇬 Togo

Upcoming Public Holidays in Burkina Faso

This year, Burkina Faso observes 17 public holidays, with 17 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Assumption Day on 15 Aug. The most recently passed holiday was Independence Day. Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in Burkina Faso to plan your schedule.

Assumption Day 15 Aug • Saturday
Mawlid (estimated) 25 Aug • Tuesday
Martyrs' Day 31 Oct • Saturday
All Saints' Day 01 Nov • Sunday
All Saints' Day (observed) 02 Nov • Monday
Proclamation of Independence Day 11 Dec • Friday
Christmas Day 25 Dec • Friday
New Year's Day 01 Jan • Friday
Revolution Day 03 Jan • Sunday
Revolution Day (observed) 04 Jan • Monday

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FAQ — Burkina Faso

Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.

The clocks at the top of this page show the current local time in Burkina Faso, updated live. Burkina Faso uses Africa/Abidjan (GMT) — UTC+00:00.

Burkina Faso spans 2 time zones. The full list of time zones and the current local time in each is shown above on this page. Countries split into multiple time zones for geographic, political, or historical reasons — wider east-west spans usually mean more zones.

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Click through for the current local time in Ouagadougou, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

The most populous cities in Burkina Faso include Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Saaba and Ouahigouya. Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

Burkina Faso observes 17 public holidays this year. The full list — fixed and movable, religious and secular, national and regional — is on the Burkina Faso public holidays page.

Burkina Faso's ISO 3166-1 country codes are: alpha-2 code BF and alpha-3 code BFA. These codes are used in address fields, web domains (ccTLD), phone country lookups, and any international data interchange referring to this country. The Burkina Faso calendar also uses these as identifiers.

🇧🇫 Time in Burkina Faso

Regions in Burkina Faso

Time Now in Major Cities in Burkina Faso

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Burkina Faso

Sunrise and Sunset in Burkina Faso (10 Locations)

Current Weather in Burkina Faso (10 Locations)

Information about Burkina Faso

Upcoming Public Holidays in Burkina Faso

FAQ — Burkina Faso

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