Sunset and sunrise times in Yaoundé, Cameroon

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 August 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 next one is in 19 days.

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 longest day of the year falls on 21 June, 2 months ago, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 6 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.