| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | +2h | Becomes +1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +9h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +10h | Becomes +11h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −4h | Becomes −5h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast runs on UTC+0. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Abidjan and New York is 4 hours. 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. The time difference between Abidjan and London is 1 hour. 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. The time difference between Abidjan and Tokyo is 9 hours. 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, Casablanca, Accra. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Abidjan.
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) is home to roughly 5.6M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:03, sunset at 18:08. 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.
Flag
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, much of which leaves through this port and through San-Pédro, the world's biggest cocoa port.
Abidjan lies at 4.0°W. Its time zone, UTC+0, is built around the prime meridian (0°). The 4.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:16 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+0 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 26m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 49m. The swing between them is 37 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Abidjan the sun comes up earliest on 24 May at 06:01, while the latest sunset waits until 20 July at 18:34. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Abidjan that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Abidjan, Ivory Coast is Africa/Abidjan with a current UTC offset of UTC+0.
Abidjan has an estimated population of 5.6M and is located at coordinates 5.36°N, 4.01°W.
Abidjan gets 12h 26m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 49m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Abidjan falls at about 12:16 on UTC+0 standard time, because the city sits 4.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lagoon City With a Cathedral of Cables: 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.