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What time is it in Freetown?

17:42:52

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Time zone UTC+00:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 06:44 · sunset 18:29

Time difference with Freetown

Freetown is on UTC+00:00 right now: on the same time as UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Freetown
London United Kingdom 17:42 same time
New York United States 12:42 5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:42 8 hours behind
Paris France 18:42 1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany 18:42 1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:42 4 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:12 5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:42 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:42 8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:42 9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:42 11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:42 3 hours behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Freetown

Freetown does not change its clocks: UTC+00:00 all year round.

History of local time in Freetown

PeriodLegal time
since 7 December 1941UTC all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Africa/Freetown. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Freetown

  • 6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 66 % of the Sun covered at 17:54
  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 7 % of the Sun covered at 08:36
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 04:13
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 18:19

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 1,328 km away, Praia (Cape Verde) is 1 hour behind Freetown all year round.

PlaceDistance
Waterloo24 km
Port Loko58 km
Lunsar80 km
Forecariah106 km
Mile 91112 km
Conakry127 km
Camayenne127 km
Dixinn128 km

Day and night around the world

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Sun and Moon in Freetown

Sunrise
06:44
Sunset
18:29
Day length
11 h 44 min
Tomorrow
no change
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 06:4418:29

Dawn 06:22, dusk 18:51, solar noon 12:37. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 37 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 37 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:33 (15 May 2027), latest at 07:13 (23 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:29 (13 November 2026), latest at 19:16 (10 July 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:11 · moonset 22:00 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar