Current Time in Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
Lat/Long: 8.47° N, 13.23° W
Province: Western Area
Country: 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
IANA Timezone: Africa/Freetown
Timezone: GMT
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Sierra Leone: GMT
Time now in other cities in Sierra Leone:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Freetown
Sunrise
in Freetown
↑
6:38 AM
Sunset
in Freetown
↓
7:14 PM
Day Length
12h 36m
Dawn
in Freetown
6:14 AM
Dusk
in Freetown
7:37 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Freetown
Current Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
98.5%
Next Moonrise
↑
Tomorrow, 19:07
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 06:01
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FAQ — Time in Freetown
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 18:32:28 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Freetown uses Africa/Freetown (GMT) — UTC+00:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Freetown, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Freetown does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Freetown (GMT) — UTC+00:00 year-round.
Freetown is currently +00:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Freetown's local time, use our time calculator.
Sierra Leone has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.