Current time in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Sao_Tome
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+0 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Sao Tome Island, São Tomé and Príncipe (capital) · 0.34° N, 6.73° E
- Population
- 53,300
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over São Tomé at about 11:33 standard time: the clock runs about 27 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:17 and 11:47 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:37 | 17:43 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:30 | 17:39 | 12h 09m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:22 | 17:28 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 05:27 | 17:34 | 12h 06m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:20–17:26 (12 h 6 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Libreville, Gabon · 300 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Bata, Equatorial Guinea · 380 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial Guinea · 480 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria · 490 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Douala, Cameroon · 530 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Aba, Nigeria · 540 km · clock 1 h ahead
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Lomé, Togo · 890 km
- Accra, Ghana · 960 km
- Kumasi, Ghana · 1,160 km
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast · 1,320 km
- Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast · 1,510 km
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 1,620 km