Current time in Central African Republic

Local time in Central African Republic

The time in Central African Republic is 1 hour ahead of UTC and 5 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Central African Republic is West Africa Time (WAT). Central African Republic is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Details for the time in Central African Republic

Current time	6:57 a.m.
Time zone	West Africa Time (WAT)
IANA time zone	Africa/Bangui
Your time difference	5 hours ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC+1 1 hour ahead of UTC

Central African Republic Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic uses West Africa Time WAT. WAT is UTC +0100. Central African Republic's latitude and longitude is 5° 55' N and 15° 30' E . Therefore an one hour offset between WAT and UTC is exactly as expected. Because of the name one could be easily fooled in believing Central African Republic follows Central African Time CAT. This is not the case, CAT is UTC +0200. Because of its low latitude the Central African Republic has no need for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Central African Republic

The current time in some important cities in Central African Republic is shown below.

Time in Central African Republic