Prayer times in Western Region

Summer and winter prayer times in Western Region

It helps to know how prayer times in Western Region move with the seasons. Fajr ranges between 5:35 AM on 21 December and 5:41 AM on 21 June, a shift of 6 minutes, while Maghrib moves between 7:02 PM and 7:00 PM. Daylight reaches 12 h 10 min in the winter solstice and drops to 12 h 05 min around the summer solstice. These figures help to plan your day, your travel and your work around the prayers.

Compared with Kampala, Dhuhr in Western Region comes roughly 8 minutes later than in Kampala, and on the 21 June Maghrib is called 6 minutes later than in the capital. Western Region is 238 km away from the capital, towards the south-west. For this reason we calculate every city separately rather than using one timetable for the whole country.

Suhoor and iftar times in Western Region

Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to begin around 8 February 2027, subject to the sighting of the crescent. On the first day, imsak in Western Region is around 5:46 AM and iftar at 7:16 PM, for a fast of 13 h 19 min. At the end of the month (9 March 2027) imsak moves to 5:46 AM and iftar to 7:11 PM, so the fast lasts 13 h 16 min. The full Ramadan calendar appears in the monthly table on this page when the month arrives.

Where Western Region is located

Western Region is one of the regions of Uganda. Its main city, Mbarara, lies at 0.6047° S, 30.6485° E. The region has 52 cities and towns on our site, and prayer times can differ by several minutes between its eastern and western ends. Regions nearby are listed below.

Name

Western Region

Type

Region

Part of

Uganda

Coordinates

-0.60467, 30.64851

Time zone

UTC+3

Calculation method

Muslim World League

Qibla direction

21.6° (north)

Distance to Makkah

2,644 km

See Western Region on the map

Friday prayer and Asr time in Western Region

The default timetable uses the standard opinion (Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali) for Asr. With the Hanafi method, Asr in Western Region comes about 56 minutes later around the summer solstice (5:21 PM instead of 4:25 PM). Jumu‘ah is prayed at Dhuhr time, about 1:05 PM around the spring equinox, changing slightly over the year.

To get the most accurate countdown, make sure your device’s clock is correct: the countdown relies on it. The prayer times themselves are always calculated in the local time of Western Region (UTC+3), whatever your location.

Prayer times in the cities of Western Region

• Prayer times in Mbarara221,300
• Hoima122,700
• Salah times Ibanda117,700
• Kasese115,400
• Prayer times in Masindi110,500
• Rutoma86,100
• Salah times Bwizibwera79,157
• Nakivale Refugee Camp68,400
• Prayer times in Fort Portal60,800
• Mpondwe58,600
• Salah times Kabale53,200
• Rwamwanja Refugee Camp49,700
• Prayer times in Ishaka41,063
• Rukungiri37,200
• Salah times Buyale36,700
• Isingiro34,300
• Prayer times in Nyachera30,509
• Kyegegwa29,400
• Salah times Kyenjojo28,600
• Kagadi28,000
• Prayer times in Muhorro27,400
• Kyaka II Refugee Camp27,300
• Salah times Kasozi24,500
• Kamwenge23,900
• Prayer times in Kyangwali Refugee Camp23,847
• Rubanda22,800
• Salah times Bundibugyo22,300
• Kigumba22,000
• Prayer times in Ntungamo20,900
• Lwakyomba20,500
• Kihihi20,349
• Mabare20,100
• Iryango20,000
• Nyahuka19,600
• Buhimba19,500
• Kinoni19,400
• Rwiimi18,600
• Kisinga18,300
• Katoke18,200
• Kikube18,100
• Kisoro17,700
• Butunduzi17,600
• Ntungamo16,915
• Nyamunuka16,800
• Kanungu16,600
• Kiryandongo Refugee Camp16,600
• Kyarusozi16,300
• Buhesi16,000
• Kakumiro15,900
• Kazo15,900
• Kyamahungu15,800
• Kebisoni15,000

Nearby cities to Western Region

• Central Region238 km · north-east
• Eastern Region307 km · east
• Northern Region418 km · north-east

Other regions of Uganda

• Eastern Region
• Northern Region
• Central Region

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