Accra, Ghana · UTC+0
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Accra is in the Africa/Accra timezone (GMT/UTC+0), with no daylight saving. Ghana’s capital sits almost exactly on the prime meridian and has a population of around 2.5 million.
Accra has a quiet distinction: it sits almost exactly on the prime meridian, the zero-degree line of longitude that the world agreed, somewhat arbitrarily, to use as the starting point for measuring time. Greenwich Mean Time was named for a neighborhood in London. Accra is actually closer to that original zero line than many European cities that use UTC offsets.
The IANA timezone identifier is Africa/Accra, and it runs on UTC+0 permanently. No daylight saving. No seasonal shift. When it is noon in London in winter, it is noon in Accra. When London springs forward in March, Accra stays put, and suddenly London is an hour ahead.
Ghana adopted this clock in 1918, and it has not changed since. For a country at roughly 5 to 11 degrees north latitude, the approach makes practical sense: day length varies only modestly across seasons, so the arguments for daylight saving (more usable evening light in summer) don’t carry the same weight as in higher latitudes.
The city’s daily rhythm
The city wakes early. Markets at Makola and Kaneshie are running by 6am. The heat builds through midday and the pace adjusts. Downtown Accra has a genuine afternoon lull before activity picks up again around 4pm.
9am in Accra is 9am in Abidjan, a clean same-timezone connection for West African trade.
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Questions about time in Accra
- What timezone is Accra in?
- Accra uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Accra. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Accra observe daylight saving time?
- No. Accra does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Accra?
- Accra is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Accra and New York?
- Accra is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Accra and London?
- Accra is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Accra and Los Angeles?
- Accra is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Accra and Tokyo?
- Accra is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Accra?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Accra is
Africa/Accra. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Accra' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Accra')`), or any IANA-compatible library.