Ségou, Mali · UTC+0
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Ségou sits on the Niger River about 240 kilometers northeast of Bamako, the capital of Mali. It runs on Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) all year, the same offset Mali has maintained without daylight saving time throughout its independence.
The city was the capital of the Bambara Empire from the late seventeenth century until the French colonial conquest in 1890. Its history is long and its identity on the Niger River is older than the colonial borders that now define Mali. The river remains central to life here: fishing, transport, trade, and the seasonal flood that once shaped the agricultural calendar.
At 13 degrees north, Ségou sees roughly 13 hours of daylight in June and about 11 in December. The variation is real but the temperatures are extreme enough year-round that the solar geometry matters less than the difference between the dry Harmattan season and the wet season in terms of daily activity patterns.
the Niger River festival and seasonal rhythms
Ségou is also known for the Festival sur le Niger, an annual arts and culture festival held on the river. The event brings musicians, artists, and visitors from across West Africa and beyond, creating a brief seasonal disruption of the city’s usual rhythm.
Sikasso to the south and Bamako further west share the same GMT offset.
9am in Ségou is 9am in London in winter. During British Summer Time, London moves to UTC+1 and the gap opens to one hour.
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Questions about time in Ségou
- What timezone is Ségou in?
- Ségou uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Bamako. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Ségou observe daylight saving time?
- No. Ségou does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Ségou?
- Ségou is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Ségou and New York?
- Ségou is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Ségou and London?
- Ségou is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Ségou and Los Angeles?
- Ségou is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Ségou and Tokyo?
- Ségou is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Ségou?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Ségou is
Africa/Bamako. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Bamako' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Bamako')`), or any IANA-compatible library.