What timezone is Koudougou in?

Koudougou uses the IANA timezone Africa/Ouagadougou. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Koudougou observe daylight saving time?

No. Koudougou does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.

What is the current UTC offset for Koudougou?

Koudougou is currently at UTC+0.

What is the time difference between Koudougou and New York?

Koudougou is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Koudougou and London?

Koudougou is currently 1 hour behind London.

Koudougou, Burkina Faso · UTC+0

07:49:20

Thursday, April 2, 2026

W14 ↑ 06:06 ↓ 18:21 No DST

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Koudougou is Burkina Faso’s third-largest city, a market and agricultural center on the plateau west of Ouagadougou. It runs on Africa/Ouagadougou time: GMT, UTC+0, year-round. No daylight saving.

railway strikes, cotton harvests, and West African GMT

The city has a history of political activism. The railway workers’ strike of 1947, centered in Koudougou, was one of the significant labor actions in French West Africa and contributed to broader decolonization movements across the region. The railway still runs through the city, connecting Ouagadougou to Abidjan on the Ivory Coast coast.

At 12 degrees north, Koudougou is close enough to the equator that daylight stays close to 12 hours year-round, with about 11 hours in December and 13 in June. The rainy season from June through September is the pivotal annual cycle, not any light-based calendar shift.

Burkina Faso’s cotton industry, centered in the western plateau region where Koudougou sits, operates on an agricultural calendar: planting in May, harvesting in October. The export market for this cotton connects Koudougou indirectly to European commodity trading, though the clock here is simply GMT, no conversion drama.

Noon in Koudougou is noon in London in winter, GMT to GMT exactly.

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IANA timezone Africa/Ouagadougou

Current offset UTC+0

Daylight saving No DST observed

— Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00 Koudougou local time

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Questions about time in Koudougou

What timezone is Koudougou in?: Koudougou uses the IANA timezone Africa/Ouagadougou. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Koudougou observe daylight saving time?: No. Koudougou does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Koudougou?: Koudougou is currently at UTC+0.
What is the time difference between Koudougou and New York?: Koudougou is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Koudougou and London?: Koudougou is currently 1 hour behind London.
What is the time difference between Koudougou and Los Angeles?: Koudougou is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Koudougou and Tokyo?: Koudougou is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Koudougou?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Koudougou is Africa/Ouagadougou. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Ouagadougou' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Ouagadougou')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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