Ivory Coast · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Abidjan, Ivory Coast runs on UTC+0. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 4-hour difference between Abidjan and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 13:00–18:00 in Abidjan lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Abidjan and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Abidjan lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Abidjan and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Reykjavík, Accra, Dakar. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Abidjan.
Practical Info
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) is home to roughly 5.6M people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Ivory Coast
Capital
Yamoussoukro
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Abidjan
Coordinates
5.36°N, 4.01°W
Currency
XOF (CFA)
Calling Code
+225
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Abidjan is built around the Ébrié Lagoon and connected by bridges, and its St Paul's Cathedral is suspended from a single leaning pylon by steel cables — designed by Aldo Spirito and consecrated by John Paul II in 1985.
The clock: Abidjan keeps UTC+0. Côte d'Ivoire produces roughly 40% of the world's cocoa, most of which leaves through this port.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap