Ghana · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kumasi, Ghana 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 Kumasi 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 Kumasi lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Kumasi 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 Kumasi lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Kumasi 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 Kumasi.
Practical Info
Kumasi (Ghana) is home to roughly 3.3M people. Today brings about 12.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+0 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Ghana
Capital
Accra
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Accra
Coordinates
6.69°N, 1.62°W
Currency
GHS (₵)
Calling Code
+233
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Golden Stool of the Asante is said to have descended from the sky in the 1700s and holds the soul of the nation. Nobody, including the king, ever sits on it. A British governor's demand to sit on it in 1900 started a war.
The clock: Kumasi keeps UTC+0 — Ghana sits almost exactly on the Greenwich meridian, so its clock and its sun are as closely matched as anywhere on Earth.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap