Sierra Leone · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Freetown, Sierra Leone 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 Freetown 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 Freetown lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Freetown 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 Freetown lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Freetown 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 Freetown.
Practical Info
Freetown (Sierra Leone) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 12.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:30, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 8° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Sierra Leone
Capital
Freetown 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Freetown
Coordinates
8.48°N, 13.23°W
Currency
SLE (Le)
Calling Code
+232
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Freetown was established in 1792 by around 1,200 formerly enslaved Black Loyalists resettled from Nova Scotia, after an earlier settlement failed. The name is literal.
The clock: Freetown keeps UTC+0 and sits on one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap