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What time is it in Bamako?

17:42:38

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Bamako, Mali
  • Time zone UTC+00:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 06:29 · sunset 18:03

Time difference with Bamako

Bamako is on UTC+00:00 right now: on the same time as UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Bamako
London United Kingdom 17:42 same time
New York United States 12:42 5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:42 8 hours behind
Paris France 18:42 1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany 18:42 1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:42 4 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:12 5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:42 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:42 8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:42 9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:42 11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:42 3 hours behind

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France – Mali time difference · Paris – Bamako time difference

Daylight saving time in Bamako

Bamako does not change its clocks: UTC+00:00 all year round.

History of local time in Bamako

PeriodLegal time
since 20 June 1960UTC all year round
until 1959UTC−1 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Africa/Bamako. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Bamako

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 60 % of the Sun covered at 17:58
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 16 % of the Sun covered at 08:43
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 04:13
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 18:19

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 957 km away, Téra (Niger) is 1 hour ahead of Bamako all year round.

PlaceDistance
Sirakoro Méguétana8 km
Dialakorodji11 km
Sangarébougou13 km
Moribabougou15 km
Kati18 km
Sibi47 km
Koulikoro53 km
Kangaba89 km

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Bamako
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Sun and Moon in Bamako

Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
18:03
Day length
11 h 33 min
Tomorrow
no change
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 06:2918:03

Dawn 06:07, dusk 18:25, solar noon 12:16. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 23 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 52 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:05 (21 May 2027), latest at 06:58 (22 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:02 (15 November 2026), latest at 19:02 (9 July 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:58 · moonset 21:29 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Mali

Time in Mali: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Bamako

Bamako is on Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) all year round, with no daylight saving time, like the whole of Mali and most of its West African neighbours. It is 1 hour behind Paris in winter and 2 hours behind in summer. France – Mali time difference

Eight degrees west of Greenwich, the sun reaches its highest point there at around 12:32 (mean solar noon): the solar day is shifted slightly towards the evening compared with legal time.