Liberia · GMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Monrovia, Liberia 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 Monrovia 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 Monrovia lines up with 09:00–14:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Monrovia 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 Monrovia lines up with 10:00–18:00 in London. There is a 9-hour difference between Monrovia 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 Monrovia.
Practical Info
Monrovia (Liberia) is home to roughly 1.5M people. Today brings about 12.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, 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 6° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Liberia
Capital
Monrovia 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
GMT · Africa/Monrovia
Coordinates
6.31°N, 10.80°W
Currency
LRD ($)
Calling Code
+231
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Monrovia is named for James Monroe, and is the only capital city outside the United States named after a US president. Liberia was founded in 1822 for freed American slaves and declared independence in 1847.
The clock: Liberia used a decimal-influenced currency and, until 1972, a time offset of UTC−0:44:30 — one of the last non-standard offsets anywhere. It now keeps UTC+0.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
6h overlap