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Sunset Central Africa

Sunrise and sunset in the Central African Republic

Sunrise today: 5:32 h
Sunset today: 17:57 h
(Times for Bangui)

Sunrise and sunset in the Central African Republic do not differ significantly throughout the year. The reason for this is the proximity to the equator. Thus, the sun swings north in the middle of the year and south at the turn of the year, without moving too far away. In countries like Canada or Norway, however, the difference is much more extreme.

With up to approximately 12:20 hours the longest days happen to be in June. In December a night in Bangui lasts almost 13 hours.

During these days, the sun in Bangui rises at 5:32. The early sunset at 17:57 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of day in Bangui

Average length of day in Bangui
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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of the Central African Republic

Sunset Central AfricaThe cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun's course. Since the orbit around the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for June 9th., localtime in the Central African Republic

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Bangassou05:15 am05:40 pm12:26 h
Bria05:15 am05:47 pm12:32 h
Bambari05:21 am05:51 pm12:29 h
Kaga Bandoro05:25 am05:59 pm12:33 h
Sibut05:28 am05:57 pm12:29 h
Damara05:31 am05:57 pm12:26 h
Bangui05:32 am05:57 pm12:24 h
Bimbo05:33 am05:57 pm12:24 h
Mbaïki05:35 am05:58 pm12:23 h
Bossangoa05:33 am06:05 pm12:32 h
Bozoum05:38 am06:09 pm12:31 h
Nola05:44 am06:05 pm12:21 h
Carnot05:42 am06:08 pm12:26 h
Berbérati05:44 am06:08 pm12:24 h
Bouar05:41 am06:11 pm12:30 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Bangui)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
January05:57 am05:53 pm11:56 h
February05:59 am06:00 pm12:01 h
March05:51 am05:58 pm12:08 h
April05:38 am05:53 pm12:15 h
May05:31 am05:52 pm12:21 h
June05:33 am05:58 pm12:25 h
July05:40 am06:03 pm12:23 h
August05:41 am05:59 pm12:18 h
September05:35 am05:46 pm12:11 h
October05:29 am05:33 pm12:04 h
November05:31 am05:29 pm11:58 h
December05:43 am05:38 pm11:55 h



Duration of the sunset

The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon, causing sunset to last for a different duration. Bangui lies on the 4th degree of northern latitude and thus very close to the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in the Central African Republic, it lasts only an average of 24 minutes. Central Africa is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)04:42 am09:29 pm16:47 h
New York (USA)05:23 am08:27 pm15:05 h
Sydney (Australia)06:54 am04:54 pm10:00 h
Manila (Philippines)05:24 am06:25 pm13:00 h
Moscow (Russia)03:44 am09:13 pm17:29 h
Shanghai (China)04:48 am06:58 pm14:10 h
Helsinki (Finland)03:54 am10:44 pm18:50 h

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