Freetown, Sierra Leone · UTC+0
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Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, sits on a mountainous peninsula at the junction of the Sierra Leone River and the Atlantic Ocean. It runs on GMT, UTC+0, year-round, under the IANA identifier Africa/Freetown. No daylight saving.
founded for freedom, shaped by the harbor
Founded in 1792 as a settlement for freed slaves, Freetown has one of the most significant histories of African freedom struggles in the Atlantic world. The name was not chosen casually. The city’s founding population included Black Loyalists from Nova Scotia, freed slaves from Britain, and survivors of the abolition movement’s practical work. Their descendants, the Krio people, continue to shape the city’s culture and identity.
At 8.5 degrees north, Freetown has stable sunrise and sunset times: around 6:15am and 6:45pm in both equinox periods, varying by less than an hour across the year. GMT is geographically appropriate for the city’s longitude (13.2 degrees west). Like Dakar and Conakry nearby, Freetown is part of the GMT belt along West Africa’s Atlantic bulge. The harbor, the main economic driver, operates day and night regardless of the clock.
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Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database
- Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency (SLMet)
- Fyfe, Christopher. A History of Sierra Leone. Oxford University Press, 1962.
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Questions about time in Freetown
- What timezone is Freetown in?
- Freetown uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Freetown. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Freetown observe daylight saving time?
- No. Freetown does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Freetown?
- Freetown is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Freetown and New York?
- Freetown is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Freetown and London?
- Freetown is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Freetown and Los Angeles?
- Freetown is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Freetown and Tokyo?
- Freetown is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Freetown?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Freetown is
Africa/Freetown. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Freetown' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Freetown')`), or any IANA-compatible library.