It is 00:35 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Bamako, Mali. The city runs on UTC+0 (GMT), which puts it 3 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Bamako
Bamako follows the Africa/Bamako time zone, abbreviated GMT. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+0.
Bamako does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+0 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 3 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Bamako.
Time difference between Brasília and Bamako
To convert, take Brasília time and add 3 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Bamako is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Bamako is 09:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 21:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Bamako is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 21:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Bamako (UTC+0) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Bamako from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 15:00 in Brasília, which is 12:00 to 18:00 in Bamako. That leaves 6 hours of overlap: enough for most meetings, but book early.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Bamako today
Today the Sun rises in Bamako at 06:21 and sets at 18:20 local time, a daylight span of 11h 59min, with solar noon at 12:21. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Bamako?
Bamako is at 12.65° N, 8.00° W (country: Mali). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.