Burkina Faso · 12.37°N, 1.53°W

Daylight hours in Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou gets 12h 51m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 11h 24m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 1h 27m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Ouagadougou through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (12h 51m) and shortest on December 21 (11h 24m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Ouagadougou observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day12h 51mJune 21 · 05:43–18:34
Shortest day11h 24mDecember 21 · 06:23–17:47
March equinox12h 06mMarch 20 · 06:11–18:18
Fastest change+0.7 min/dayaround March 20

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Ouagadougou on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 106:2817:5311h 25m
February 106:3218:0911h 36m
March 106:2318:1611h 53m
April 106:0318:1812h 15m
May 105:4718:2112h 34m
June 105:4118:2912h 48m
July 105:4518:3612h 50m
August 105:5318:3312h 40m
September 105:5618:1812h 22m
October 105:5617:5712h 01m
November 106:0017:4111h 41m
December 106:1217:4011h 27m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Ouagadougou’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Ouagadougou’s are shortest:

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