Current time in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Freetown
- 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
- Western Area, Sierra Leone (capital) · 8.49° N, 13.24° W
- Population
- 802,639
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Freetown at about 12:53 standard time: the clock runs about 53 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:36 and 13:07 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:57 | 19:03 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:36 | 19:13 | 12h 37m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:42 | 18:48 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:02 | 18:40 | 11h 38m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:41–18:45 (12 h 4 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.