What time is it in São Tomé?

17:45:15

Friday 13 November 2026

São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Time zone UTC+00:00
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 05:14 · sunset 17:20

Time difference with São Tomé

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

City	Time	Compared with São Tomé
London United Kingdom	17:45	same time
New York United States	12:45	5 hours behind
Los Angeles United States	09:45	8 hours behind
Paris France	18:45	1 hour ahead
Berlin Germany	18:45	1 hour ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates	21:45	4 hours ahead
New Delhi India	23:15	5 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore	01:45	8 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong	01:45	8 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan	02:45	9 hours ahead
Sydney Australia	04:45	11 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil	14:45	3 hours behind

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Daylight saving time in São Tomé

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

History of local time in São Tomé

Period	Legal time
since 1 January 2019	UTC all year round
2018	UTC+1, with a temporary switch to UTC
until 2017	UTC all year round

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

Upcoming eclipses visible from São Tomé

6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 71 % of the Sun covered at 17:46
25 November 2030 · solar eclipsepartial, at sunrise
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: 257 km away, Port-Gentil (Gabon) is 1 hour ahead of São Tomé all year round.

Day and night around the world

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Sun and Moon in São Tomé

Sunrise: 05:14
Sunset: 17:20
Day length: 12 h 6 min
Tomorrow: no change

Dawn 04:52, dusk 17:42, solar noon 11:17. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (12 h 6 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 8 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:13 (25 October 2027), latest at 05:44 (8 February 2027); earliest sunset at 17:19 (29 October 2027), latest at 17:50 (3 February 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 08:31 · moonset 20:54 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 11:47 · moon calendar

Good to know about the time in São Tomé

São Tomé is on Greenwich Mean Time, UTC, all year round.

The city is a few dozen kilometres from the equator, which crosses Ilhéu das Rolas, south of the island: days there last twelve hours, give or take a few minutes, all year round. Time in São Tomé and Príncipe