Sunset and sunrise times in Yaoundé, Cameroon

In Yaoundé, Cameroon the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:02 and rises at 05:59. Daylight lasts 12h 3m; evening golden hour runs from 17:34 to 18:15.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 05:38
Sunrise: 05:59
Solar noon: 12:00
Sunset: 18:02
Last light: 18:23
Day length: 12h 3m

18h 0m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:34 – 18:15
Blue hour: 18:15 – 18:23
Max sun altitude: 79.4°
Moon: 🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset: 05:43 / 18:02

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:02 Golden hour 17:34 – 18:14 Day length 12h 2m vs today the same length

Where Yaoundé is

Coordinates: 3.8667° N, 11.5167° E
Time zone: Africa/Douala
Current offset: UTC+01:00
Elevation: 726 m
Population: 1,299,369

Sunrise and sunset in Yaoundé, October 2026

October 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	05:40	06:01	12:03	18:06	18:26	12h 4m	−0:12	17:38–18:18	🌖 75%
Fri 2	05:40	06:00	12:03	18:05	18:26	12h 4m	−0:12	17:38–18:18	🌖 64%
Sat 3	05:39	06:00	12:02	18:05	18:25	12h 4m	−0:12	17:37–18:17	🌗 52%
Sun 4	05:39	06:00	12:02	18:04	18:25	12h 4m	−0:12	17:37–18:17	🌘 40%
Mon 5	05:39	06:00	12:02	18:04	18:25	12h 4m	−0:12	17:36–18:17	🌘 29%
Tue 6	05:39	06:00	12:02	18:03	18:24	12h 3m	−0:12	17:36–18:16	🌘 19%
Wed 7	05:39	05:59	12:01	18:03	18:24	12h 3m	−0:12	17:36–18:16	🌘 11%
Thu 8	05:38	05:59	12:01	18:03	18:24	12h 3m	−0:12	17:35–18:15	🌘 5%
Fri 9	05:38	05:59	12:01	18:02	18:23	12h 3m	−0:12	17:35–18:15	🌘 1%
Sat 10	05:38	05:59	12:00	18:02	18:23	12h 3m	−0:12	17:34–18:15	🌑 0%
Sun 11	05:38	05:59	12:00	18:02	18:22	12h 2m	−0:12	17:34–18:14	🌒 1%
Mon 12	05:38	05:59	12:00	18:01	18:22	12h 2m	−0:12	17:34–18:14	🌒 4%
Tue 13	05:38	05:58	12:00	18:01	18:22	12h 2m	−0:12	17:33–18:14	🌒 9%
Wed 14	05:37	05:58	11:59	18:01	18:21	12h 2m	−0:12	17:33–18:13	🌒 15%
Thu 15	05:37	05:58	11:59	18:00	18:21	12h 2m	−0:12	17:32–18:13	🌒 22%
Fri 16	05:37	05:58	11:59	18:00	18:21	12h 1m	−0:12	17:32–18:13	🌒 30%
Sat 17	05:37	05:58	11:59	18:00	18:21	12h 1m	−0:12	17:32–18:12	🌒 39%
Sun 18	05:37	05:58	11:59	17:59	18:20	12h 1m	−0:12	17:31–18:12	🌓 48%
Mon 19	05:37	05:58	11:58	17:59	18:20	12h 1m	−0:12	17:31–18:12	🌔 58%
Tue 20	05:37	05:58	11:58	17:59	18:20	12h 1m	−0:12	17:31–18:12	🌔 67%
Wed 21	05:36	05:58	11:58	17:58	18:20	12h 0m	−0:11	17:31–18:11	🌔 76%
Thu 22	05:36	05:58	11:58	17:58	18:19	12h 0m	−0:11	17:30–18:11	🌔 84%
Fri 23	05:36	05:57	11:58	17:58	18:19	12h 0m	−0:11	17:30–18:11	🌔 91%
Sat 24	05:36	05:57	11:58	17:58	18:19	12h 0m	−0:11	17:30–18:11	🌔 96%
Sun 25	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:58	18:19	12h 0m	−0:11	17:29–18:11	🌔 99%
Mon 26	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:19	11h 59m	−0:11	17:29–18:10	🌕 100%
Tue 27	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:18	11h 59m	−0:11	17:29–18:10	🌖 98%
Wed 28	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:18	11h 59m	−0:11	17:29–18:10	🌖 94%
Thu 29	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:18	11h 59m	−0:11	17:29–18:10	🌖 87%
Fri 30	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:18	11h 59m	−0:11	17:28–18:10	🌖 78%
Sat 31	05:36	05:57	11:57	17:57	18:18	11h 59m	−0:11	17:28–18:10	🌖 68%

More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Thu 1	04:52	05:16	06:01	18:06	18:50	19:14	11h 54m	82.8°	267° W
Fri 2	04:52	05:16	06:00	18:05	18:50	19:14	11h 55m	82.5°	266° W
Sat 3	04:51	05:15	06:00	18:05	18:50	19:14	11h 55m	82.1°	266° W
Sun 4	04:51	05:15	06:00	18:04	18:49	19:13	11h 55m	81.7°	266° W
Mon 5	04:51	05:15	06:00	18:04	18:49	19:13	11h 55m	81.3°	265° W
Tue 6	04:51	05:15	06:00	18:03	18:48	19:13	11h 55m	80.9°	265° W
Wed 7	04:50	05:14	05:59	18:03	18:48	19:12	11h 56m	80.5°	264° W
Thu 8	04:50	05:14	05:59	18:03	18:48	19:12	11h 56m	80.2°	264° W
Fri 9	04:50	05:14	05:59	18:02	18:47	19:12	11h 56m	79.8°	264° W
Sat 10	04:50	05:14	05:59	18:02	18:47	19:11	11h 56m	79.4°	263° W
Sun 11	04:49	05:14	05:59	18:02	18:47	19:11	11h 56m	79.0°	263° W
Mon 12	04:49	05:13	05:59	18:01	18:46	19:11	11h 57m	78.6°	262° W
Tue 13	04:49	05:13	05:58	18:01	18:46	19:10	11h 57m	78.3°	262° W
Wed 14	04:49	05:13	05:58	18:01	18:46	19:10	11h 57m	77.9°	262° W
Thu 15	04:49	05:13	05:58	18:00	18:45	19:10	11h 57m	77.5°	261° W
Fri 16	04:48	05:13	05:58	18:00	18:45	19:10	11h 58m	77.2°	261° W
Sat 17	04:48	05:13	05:58	18:00	18:45	19:09	11h 58m	76.8°	261° W
Sun 18	04:48	05:12	05:58	17:59	18:45	19:09	11h 58m	76.4°	260° W
Mon 19	04:48	05:12	05:58	17:59	18:44	19:09	11h 58m	76.1°	260° W
Tue 20	04:48	05:12	05:58	17:59	18:44	19:09	11h 58m	75.7°	260° W
Wed 21	04:48	05:12	05:58	17:58	18:44	19:08	11h 59m	75.3°	259° W
Thu 22	04:47	05:12	05:58	17:58	18:44	19:08	11h 59m	75.0°	259° W
Fri 23	04:47	05:12	05:57	17:58	18:44	19:08	11h 59m	74.6°	258° WSW
Sat 24	04:47	05:12	05:57	17:58	18:43	19:08	11h 59m	74.3°	258° WSW
Sun 25	04:47	05:12	05:57	17:58	18:43	19:08	11h 59m	73.9°	258° WSW
Mon 26	04:47	05:12	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:08	12h 0m	73.6°	257° WSW
Tue 27	04:47	05:12	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:08	12h 0m	73.3°	257° WSW
Wed 28	04:47	05:11	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:08	12h 0m	72.9°	257° WSW
Thu 29	04:47	05:11	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:07	12h 0m	72.6°	256° WSW
Fri 30	04:47	05:11	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:07	12h 0m	72.3°	256° WSW
Sat 31	04:47	05:11	05:57	17:57	18:43	19:07	12h 1m	71.9°	256° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Sun 1	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:11	17:28–18:10	🌖 56%
Mon 2	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:10	17:28–18:09	🌗 44%
Tue 3	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:10	17:28–18:09	🌘 33%
Wed 4	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:10	17:28–18:09	🌘 23%
Thu 5	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:10	17:28–18:09	🌘 15%
Fri 6	05:36	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 58m	−0:10	17:27–18:09	🌘 8%
Sat 7	05:37	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:10	17:27–18:09	🌘 3%
Sun 8	05:37	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:10	17:27–18:09	🌘 1%
Mon 9	05:37	05:58	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:10	17:27–18:09	🌑 0%
Tue 10	05:37	05:59	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:09	17:27–18:09	🌒 2%
Wed 11	05:37	05:59	11:57	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:09	17:27–18:09	🌒 5%
Thu 12	05:37	05:59	11:58	17:56	18:18	11h 57m	−0:09	17:27–18:09	🌒 10%
Fri 13	05:37	05:59	11:58	17:56	18:18	11h 56m	−0:09	17:27–18:09	🌒 16%
Sat 14	05:38	05:59	11:58	17:56	18:18	11h 56m	−0:09	17:27–18:10	🌒 23%
Sun 15	05:38	06:00	11:58	17:56	18:18	11h 56m	−0:09	17:27–18:10	🌒 32%
Mon 16	05:38	06:00	11:58	17:56	18:18	11h 56m	−0:08	17:27–18:10	🌒 41%
Tue 17	05:38	06:00	11:58	17:57	18:18	11h 56m	−0:08	17:27–18:10	🌓 50%
Wed 18	05:39	06:00	11:59	17:57	18:19	11h 56m	−0:08	17:28–18:10	🌔 60%
Thu 19	05:39	06:01	11:59	17:57	18:19	11h 56m	−0:08	17:28–18:10	🌔 70%
Fri 20	05:39	06:01	11:59	17:57	18:19	11h 55m	−0:08	17:28–18:10	🌔 79%
Sat 21	05:39	06:01	11:59	17:57	18:19	11h 55m	−0:08	17:28–18:11	🌔 87%
Sun 22	05:40	06:02	12:00	17:57	18:19	11h 55m	−0:07	17:28–18:11	🌔 94%
Mon 23	05:40	06:02	12:00	17:58	18:20	11h 55m	−0:07	17:28–18:11	🌔 98%
Tue 24	05:40	06:02	12:00	17:58	18:20	11h 55m	−0:07	17:29–18:11	🌕 100%
Wed 25	05:41	06:03	12:00	17:58	18:20	11h 55m	−0:07	17:29–18:12	🌖 99%
Thu 26	05:41	06:03	12:01	17:58	18:21	11h 55m	−0:07	17:29–18:12	🌖 96%
Fri 27	05:41	06:03	12:01	17:59	18:21	11h 55m	−0:06	17:29–18:12	🌖 90%
Sat 28	05:42	06:04	12:01	17:59	18:21	11h 55m	−0:06	17:29–18:13	🌖 82%
Sun 29	05:42	06:04	12:02	17:59	18:21	11h 54m	−0:06	17:30–18:13	🌖 72%
Mon 30	05:42	06:05	12:02	18:00	18:22	11h 54m	−0:06	17:30–18:13	🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Yaoundé

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 12h 20m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 11h 53m.

Between them the day length swings by 26m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:56 on 8 November; the latest is 18:29 on 19 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:57 on 27 October to 06:28 on 5 February.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Yaoundé different

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 3.9°N accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Summer and winter days differ by 26m here, less seasonal variation than almost anywhere else in Cameroon we track.

Over a year the sunset point slides 47° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Sunset drifts 18 seconds earlier each day this month — 9 minutes from the first of October to the last.

On 31 March and 13 September the midday sun stands at the zenith, 166 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

The longest and shortest days of the year differ by just 27 minutes here. In London the same gap is around 8.8 hours. That is about 20 times less seasonal variation.

Elevation matters at 726 m. The visible horizon drops 0.93°, pushing sunset 3.8 minutes later and sunrise the same amount earlier than a sea-level observer would see.

The times barely move this week: the shortest day of the year falls on 21 December, in 2 months, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 4 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Yaoundé

Arrive by 17:19. Golden hour opens at 17:34 and the sun is down by 18:02, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:15 and runs to 18:23, the end of civil twilight and 20m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Yaoundé — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Yaoundé today?

The sun sets in Yaoundé at 18:02 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Yaoundé?

It takes 20m. Civil twilight ends at 18:23 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Yaoundé?

Evening golden hour runs 17:34 to 18:15 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Yaoundé covers the morning window and the coming week.