Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau · UTC+0
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Bafata is in the Africa/Bissau timezone (GMT/UTC+0). Guinea-Bissau runs on UTC+0 year-round with no daylight saving, the same clock as London in winter.
Bafatá is Guinea-Bissau’s second city, sitting in the eastern interior along the Geba River. It is primarily known as the birthplace of Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary leader and theorist who founded the PAIGC independence movement and led the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule. Cabral was assassinated in 1973, a year before Guinea-Bissau’s independence. The town maintains his memory with a museum.
Guinea-Bissau runs on UTC+0. The IANA identifier is Africa/Bissau. No daylight saving. The country sits between roughly 11 and 12.7 degrees north latitude, giving it fairly consistent day lengths through the year.
The country is one of West Africa’s smallest and poorest by most economic measures, but it has a rich cultural heritage and an important cashew nut industry, being one of the world’s largest cashew exporters relative to its size. Bafatá, as the regional center for the eastern interior, is a market and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural zone.
Cashews, rain, and the dry season
The rainy season, from June to October, transforms the landscape and shapes the agricultural calendar. The dry season brings harmattan winds from the Sahara. These seasonal rhythms matter more to daily life than the clock.
Abidjan to the southeast also runs on UTC+0, sharing the coastal West African timezone band.
9am in Bafatá is 9am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Bafatá
- What timezone is Bafatá in?
- Bafatá uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Bissau. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Bafatá observe daylight saving time?
- No. Bafatá does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Bafatá?
- Bafatá is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Bafatá and New York?
- Bafatá is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Bafatá and London?
- Bafatá is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Bafatá and Los Angeles?
- Bafatá is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Bafatá and Tokyo?
- Bafatá is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Bafatá?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Bafatá is
Africa/Bissau. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Bissau' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Bissau')`), or any IANA-compatible library.