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Freetown — Africa/Freetown

The current local time in the Africa/Freetown IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Sierra Leone in the area around Freetown. The zone is currently at UTC +00:00 · GMT and does not observe daylight saving time.

Africa/Freetown

15:38:55

Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT

Zone information

IANA designation

Africa/Freetown

Region: Africa

Offset & DST

Current UTC offset: +00:00

Daylight saving: Not observed

Countries using Africa/Freetown

Sierra Leone ISO SL

Freetown vs. major cities

How far Freetown is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Freetown, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City Difference At 09:00 in Freetown Shared office hours
New York · United States −4 h 05:00 13:00–17:00
Los Angeles · United States −7 h 02:00 16:00–17:00
São Paulo · Brazil −3 h 06:00 12:00–17:00
London · United Kingdom +1 h 10:00 09:00–16:00
Paris · France +2 h 11:00 09:00–15:00
Johannesburg · South Africa +2 h 11:00 09:00–15:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates +4 h 13:00 09:00–13:00
Delhi · India +5:30 h 14:30 09:00–11:30
Singapore · Singapore +8 h 17:00 None
Beijing · China +8 h 17:00 None

Shared office hours are shown in Freetown time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.

Clock changes in Freetown

Freetown has kept the same UTC +00:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.

No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Freetown stays on UTC +00:00 all year.

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

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