Sao Tome — Africa/Sao_Tome
The current local time in the Africa/Sao_Tome IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in São Tomé & Príncipe in the area around Sao Tome. The zone is currently at UTC +00:00 · GMT and does not observe daylight saving time.
Africa/Sao_Tome
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +00:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Africa/Sao_Tome
Sao Tome vs. major cities
How far Sao Tome is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Sao Tome, 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 Sao Tome | 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 Sao Tome 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 Sao Tome
Since 1970, Sao Tome has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, none of them with daylight saving time. Since 2019 it has stayed on UTC +00:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Sao Tome stays on UTC +00:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–2017 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2018 | UTC +01:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2019–2026 | UTC +00:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Sao Tome
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Africa/Sao_Tome on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Africa/Abidjan Accra Africa/Accra Bamako Africa/Bamako Banjul Africa/Banjul Bissau Africa/Bissau Conakry Africa/Conakry Dakar Africa/Dakar Freetown Africa/Freetown Lome Africa/Lome Monrovia Africa/Monrovia Nouakchott Africa/Nouakchott Ouagadougou Africa/Ouagadougou Danmarkshavn America/Danmarkshavn Reykjavik Atlantic/Reykjavik St Helena Atlantic/St_Helena More references for Africa/Sao_Tome
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