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Time in Central African Republic now

10:24:56

Friday, 20 March 2026, week 12

Equinox / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / International Day of Happiness

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Time zone info for Central African Republic

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

Central African Republic does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Central African Republic is Africa/Bangui.

Time difference
from Central African Republic

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Central African Republic on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 622,984 km²
Capital: Bangui
Currency: Franc (XAF)
Calling code: +236
Internet top level domain: .cf
Latitude: 7.00. Longitude: 21.00
Population: 4,666,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Central African Republic 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 24 largest cities in
Central African Republic

Alindao Bambari Bangassou Bangui Batangafo Berbérati Bimbo Boda Bossangoa Bouar Bouca Bozoum Bria Carnot Damara Ippy Kabo Kaga-Bandoro Mbaïki Mobaye Nola Paoua Sibut Zemio