🇨🇫 Time in Central African Republic

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16:19:24

Thursday, 13 August 2026

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Capital City: Bangui

Largest Cities:

ISO Alpha-2: CF

ISO Alpha-3: CAF

IANA Time Zone: Africa/Bangui (UTC+01:00)

Time Zones: WAT

Prefectures in Central African Republic

Bamingui-Bangoran Bangui Basse-Kotto Haut-Mbomou Haute-Kotto Kémo Lim-Pendé Lobaye Mambéré Mambéré-Kadéï Mbomou Nana-Grébizi Nana-Mambéré Ombella-M'Poko Ouaka Ouham Ouham-Fafa Ouham-Pendé Sangha-Mbaéré Vakaga

Time Now in Major Cities in Central African Republic

CityCurrent Time
Bambari Thu 16:19:24
Bangui Thu 16:19:24
Bégoua Thu 16:19:24
Berbérati Thu 16:19:24
Bimbo Thu 16:19:24
Bouar Thu 16:19:24
Carnot Thu 16:19:24

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Central African Republic

TimezoneCurrent Time
Africa/Bangui Thu 16:19:24
Africa/Lagos Thu 16:19:24

Sunrise and Sunset in Central African Republic (7 Locations)

City ↑ Sunrise ↓ Sunset
Bambari
↑ 5:32 AM
↓ 5:51 PM
Bangui
↑ 5:42 AM
↓ 5:58 PM
Bégoua
↑ 5:42 AM
↓ 5:58 PM
Berbérati
↑ 5:54 AM
↓ 6:09 PM
Bimbo
↑ 5:43 AM
↓ 5:58 PM
Bouar
↑ 5:53 AM
↓ 6:11 PM
Carnot
↑ 5:52 AM
↓ 6:09 PM

Current Weather in Central African Republic (7 Locations)

City Condition Temp.

Information about Central African Republic

Population 4,666,377
Area 622,984 km²
ISO Numeric Code 140
FIPS Code CT
Top Level Domain .cf
Currency Franc (XAF)
Phone Prefix +236
Country Code +236
Languages FR-CF (fr-CF), KG (kg), LN (ln), SG (sg)
Neighbouring Countries 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇸🇩 Sudan

Upcoming Public Holidays in Central African Republic

This year, Central African Republic observes 14 public holidays, with 13 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Independence Day on 13 Aug. The most recently passed holiday was General Prayer Day. Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in Central African Republic to plan your schedule.

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FAQ — Central African Republic

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 Central African Republic, updated live. Central African Republic uses Africa/Bangui (WAT) — UTC+01:00.

Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic is Bangui. Click through for the current local time in Bangui, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

The most populous cities in Central African Republic include Bangui, Bimbo, Bégoua, Carnot and Berbérati. Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

Central African Republic observes 14 public holidays this year. The full list — fixed and movable, religious and secular, national and regional — is on the Central African Republic public holidays page.

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

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