Your complete guide to dialling Burkina Faso from Ouagadougou to anywhere in the world — verified +226 country code, Africa/Ouagadougou time zone, Africa region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
Burkina Faso
+226
Ouagadougou
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
BF
Alpha-3
BFA
Burkina Faso
BF
2 Digit ISO
+226
Country Calling Code
BFA
3 Digit ISO
Capital
Ouagadougou
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Weather · Ouagadougou
Humidity
Wind
Burkina Faso
+226
Capital
Ouagadougou
Region
Africa
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
12.2° N, 1.6° W
ISO 3166-1
BF / BFA
Dial format
+226 [area] [number]
Current time in Ouagadougou
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 Ouagadougou
A complete international number is built from four parts. Here's the anatomy and the dialling order.
Number anatomy
Format follows ITU-T Recommendation E.164 the international public telecommunication numbering plan.
Press + on a mobile (hold the 0 key), or dial 00 from most countries / 011 from North America.
Dial +226. This identifies Burkina Faso on the global telephone network.
Type the first part of the local number. Drop the leading 0 if there is one.
The remaining digits route the call to the specific line in Ouagadougou or elsewhere.
To call Burkina Faso on WhatsApp, save the number with +226 and no exit prefix — WhatsApp dials from your contacts, not a dial pad. Voice and video calls are free over data.
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Whether you're reaching Burkina Faso for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
Ouagadougou routes through West Africa can carry higher jitter — a headset with active noise cancellation compensates for audio artefacts without you needing to adjust anything.
Ouagadougou is ~5,108 km away — expect ~280ms round-trip. A wired ethernet connection keeps packet loss below 0.1%.
Schedule Burkina Faso calls during Ouagadougou business hours — 09:00–17:00 Africa/Ouagadougou — your contact will be at their desk in a quiet space rather than taking the call on the move.
Special-rate prefixes and the major city area codes inside Burkina Faso (+226).
| City | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| Banfora | +226-88XXXX |
| Dédougou | +226-52XXXX |
| Diébougou | +226-86XXXX |
| Dori | +226-66XXXX |
| Fada | +226-77XXXX |
| Gaoua | +226-87XXXX |
| Kantchari | +226-79XXXX |
| Kaya | +226-45XXXX |
| Koudougou | +226-44XXXX |
| Koupéla | +226-70XXXX |
| Orodara | +226-96XXXX |
| Ouagadougou | +226-30XXXX – 38XXXX |
| Ouahigouya | +226-55XXXX – 56XXXX |
| Tenkodogo | +226-71XXXX |
| Tougan | +226-53XXXX – 54XXXX |
Capital
Ouagadougou
Population
22.67M
Area
272,967 km²
GDP (USD)
$19.00B
Currency
West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Languages
French
Emergency number
17
Internet TLD
.bf
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
12.24°N / 1.56°W
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
ISO 3166 codes
BF · BFA
Ouagadougou is a West Africa destination — TKOS routes direct via West African submarine cable, cutting costs versus international hub routing.
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TKOS uses direct West Africa carrier interconnects terminating at Ouagadougou. Bypassing transit hubs keeps packet loss under 0.5% on every Burkina Faso route.
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