Guinea · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kankan, Guinea 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 Kankan 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 Kankan lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Kankan 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 Kankan lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Kankan 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 Kankan.
Practical Info
Kankan (Guinea) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 19:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Guinea
Capital
Conakry
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Conakry
Coordinates
10.39°N, 9.31°W
Currency
GNF (FG)
Calling Code
+224
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kankan is the centre of Guinea's Malinke population, descendants of the Mali Empire, and a long-standing centre of Islamic scholarship in the region. The Milo river beside it feeds the Niger.
The clock: Kankan keeps UTC+0. Guinea's highlands are the source of the Niger, the Gambia and the Senegal rivers.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap