Monrovia, Liberia · UTC+0
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Monrovia is the capital of Liberia and one of the very few African capitals to run on GMT, UTC+0, year-round with no daylight saving. This alignment is relatively recent and historically interesting.
Until 1972, Liberia kept its own offset: UTC-0:44:30, a non-standard 44.5-minute offset derived from the mean solar time of Monrovia. This was one of the last sub-hour timezone offsets in the world, a relic of the era before international standardization. When Liberia joined the West African timezone community in 1972, it moved to GMT, which aligned it with Sierra Leone and Guinea to the north.
American origins and a local solar time
Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society as a settlement for freed American slaves. Its founders brought American institutional patterns, including a constitution modeled on the US one, but the timezone they kept was based on local solar time rather than any American reference meridian.
At 6 degrees north, Monrovia has minimal daylight variation. The rainy season and dry season are the primary organizers of the year.
9am in Monrovia is 9am in London year-round, one of the simplest conversions in West Africa.
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Questions about time in Monrovia
- What timezone is Monrovia in?
- Monrovia uses the IANA timezone
Africa/Monrovia. The UTC offset is always UTC+0 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Monrovia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Monrovia does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+0 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Monrovia?
- Monrovia is currently at UTC+0.
- What is the time difference between Monrovia and New York?
- Monrovia is currently 4 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Monrovia and London?
- Monrovia is currently 1 hour behind London.
- What is the time difference between Monrovia and Los Angeles?
- Monrovia is currently 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Monrovia and Tokyo?
- Monrovia is currently 9 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Monrovia?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Monrovia is
Africa/Monrovia. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Monrovia' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Africa/Monrovia')`), or any IANA-compatible library.