Current time in Republic of the Congo

Local time in Republic of the Congo

The time in Republic of the Congo is 1 hour ahead of UTC and 6 hours ahead of Chicago. The timezone in Republic of the Congo is West Africa Time (WAT). Republic of the Congo is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Details for the time in Republic of the Congo

Current time	8:14 a.m.
Time zone	West Africa Time (WAT)
IANA time zone	Africa/Brazzaville
Your time difference	6 hours ahead of Chicago
UTC time difference	UTC+1 1 hour ahead of UTC

Republic of the Congo Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo uses West Africa Time WAT. WAT is UTC +0100. Congo's latitude and longitude is 0° 00' N and 15° 00 ' E . Therefore the one hours offset between UTC and WAT is exactly as expected. Because the equator runs through Congo the length of the days will be close to constant all year round. It’s therefore no surprise Congo doesn’t use daylight savings time.

Important cities in Republic of the Congo

The current time in some important cities in Republic of the Congo is shown below.

Time in Republic of the Congo