Indexed entity
Accra is the accra-GH record in Ghana: country slug ghana, city slug accra, ISO GH, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Accra.
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Live local time
Accra, Ghana
10:42:38 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Accra
Quick answer
It is currently 10:42:38 AM (GMT, UTC+00:00) in Accra, Ghana — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
25°C
Drizzle
3-day forecast
Tue
30°C
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92% rain
Wed
30°C
25°C
85% rain
Thu
28°C
25°C
90% rain
In 29 days
Wed, Jul 1, 2026
PublicIn 111 days
Founders Day
Mon, Sep 21, 2026
PublicIn 185 days
Farmers' Day
Fri, Dec 4, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Ghanaian Cedi
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:46 AM
Sunset
06:11 PM
Day length
12h 25m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Accra, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:42 AM UTC.
Current local time
10:42:38 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
GMT
Africa/Accra · UTC+00:00
Next holiday
Republic Day
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Accra right now
Nearest airport
ACC
Kotoka International Airport · 6 km
Indexed airports
2
Curated airport references available for Ghana
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Accra, Ghana.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 10:42 GMT
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Accra is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+00:00
Zone label
GMT
London
11:42 AM / +1h
Dubai
02:42 PM / +4h
Schedule risk
Republic Day on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Travel cue
ACC Accra, 6 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:46 AM to 06:11 PM, with solar noon around 11:59 AM and total daylight of 12h 25m.
Mapped location
5.56°N, 0.20°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:42 AM / +1h
Good live-call window with Accra right now.
New York
06:42 AM / -4h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:42 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:42 PM / +4h
Good live-call window with Accra right now.
Singapore
06:42 PM / +8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Accra.
ACC · Kotoka International Airport
Accra
KMS · Prempeh I International Airport
Kumasi
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Accra for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+00:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+00:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Accra right now.
Check local interruptions
Republic Day on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: ACC Accra, 6 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Accra. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Accra has no near-term DST change in view, but Republic Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Accra.
Canonical route
/time/ghana/accra/
Catalog identity
accra-GH · GH · Africa
Coordinate cell
5.56°N, 0.20°W · lat 5.556 · lon -0.197 · cell 556:-20
Population record
1,963,264 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Africa/Accra · GMT · UTC+00:00
January / July offsets
UTC+00:00 / UTC+00:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Lomé, Togo · 169 km
Nearest world hub
London · 5,110 km
Closest airport references
ACC Accra 6 km · KMS Kumasi 201 km
Zone peer roster
Kumasi, Ghana · Tamale, Ghana · Takoradi, Ghana
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Accra: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Accra is the accra-GH record in Ghana: country slug ghana, city slug accra, ISO GH, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Accra.
5.56°N, 0.20°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 5 and longitude band -1; exact decimal pair 5.55602, -0.19690.
Ghana: official name Republic of Ghana; capital Accra; region Africa; subregion Western Africa; country population 33,742,380; area 238,533 km²; languages English; currencies GHS Ghanaian cedi. This is the country layer behind the Accra clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Ghana: Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to the east. Ghana covers an area of 239,567 km2 (92,497 sq mi), spanning diverse ecologies, from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With over 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is ranked thirteenth-most populous country in Africa, and the second-most populous country in West Africa. The capital and largest city is Accra. Source: Wikipedia.
Lomé [lome-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 169 km]; Takoradi [takoradi-GH, GH, Africa/Accra, 188 km]; Kumasi [kumasi-GH, GH, Africa/Accra, 202 km]; Atakpamé [atakpame-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 264 km]; Abomey-Calavi [abomey-calavi-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 299 km]; Cotonou [cotonou-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 303 km]; Porto-Novo [porto-novo-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 327 km]; Sokodé [sokode-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 408 km]
Accra is part of this indexed country cluster: Kumasi [kumasi-GH, Africa/Accra, pop 2,544,530]; Accra [accra-GH, Africa/Accra, pop 1,963,264]; Tamale [tamale-GH, Africa/Accra, pop 464,316]; Takoradi [takoradi-GH, Africa/Accra, pop 389,114].
London 5,110 km; São Paulo 5,986 km; Dubai 6,284 km; New York 8,242 km; Singapore 11,543 km; Los Angeles 12,174 km; Tokyo 13,806 km; Sydney 15,703 km
ACC Kotoka International Airport in Accra [GH, 6 km]; KMS Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi [GH, 201 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include ACC Kotoka International Airport in Accra [GH]; KMS Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi [GH].
Accra renders Jun 2, 2026 · 10:42 GMT; GMT at UTC+00:00; January UTC+00:00; July UTC+00:00; next holiday Republic Day on 2026-07-01.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Accra.
Accra is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained Ghana city pages. The route is /time/ghana/accra/ and the city id is accra-GH.
Accra has 16 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Accra is pinned at 5.56°N, 0.20°W; Lomé (169 km); London (5,110 km).
Africa/Accra resolves to stable UTC+00:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Ghana.
ACC Kotoka International Airport (6 km) · Republic Day (Wednesday, July 1, 2026) · 2 country airport references · 11 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Accra uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Accra: Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi), had a population of 284,124, and the larger Greater Accra Region, 3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi), had a population of 5.46 million. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered 199.4 km2 (77.0 sq mi). This territory has since been split into 13 local government districts: 12 independent municipal districts and the reduced Accra Metropolitan District (20.4 km2), which is the only district within the capital to be granted city status. This territory of 199.4 km2 contained 1,782,150 inhabitants at the 2021 census, and serves as the capital of Ghana, while the district under the jurisdiction of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly proper (20.4 km2) is distinguished from the rest of the capital as the "City of Accra".
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+00:00) is constant year-round.
Accra is listed in the dataset snapshot as aligned with UTC (offset +00:00). 1 hour behind London, 9 hours behind Tokyo.
Accra sits at 5.56°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Accra sits at 5.56°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 2 million residents in the city proper.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 15 (12h 27m)
Shortest day
Jan 1 (11h 48m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 39m
See the full daylight curve for Accra at /sun/accra/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Accra local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Accra |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 13:00 - 21:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 07:00 - 15:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 05:00 - 13:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 03:30 - 11:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 01:00 - 09:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 01:00 - 09:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 00:00 - 08:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
11
Capital status
National capital of Ghana
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with a metropolitan population of roughly 2 million in the city proper and far more across the Greater Accra Region. It observes Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) year-round, with no daylight saving, and sits very close to both the equator and the Prime Meridian. Accra is the political, administrative, economic, and educational centre of Ghana, hosting the national government, financial institutions, and a major coastal port at nearby Tema. A historic trading settlement on the Gulf of Guinea, the city has grown into one of West Africa's most prominent commercial and cultural hubs.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Accra's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 10:42:38 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Accra (UTC+00:00, GMT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:46 AM to 06:11 PM
Day length 12h 25m · Solar noon 11:59 AM
Next country holiday
Republic Day
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Accra local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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161 days to go
Population
2M
Coordinates
5.56, -0.20
Timezone
Africa/Accra
Indexed airports
2
Capital
Accra
Languages
English
Currency
GHS (₵)
Country area
238,533 km²
Accra, Ghana (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Accra (GMT, UTC+00:00); population ~2M.
Coordinates: 5.56°N, 0.20°W. Northern Hemisphere deep tropics, ~617 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:46 AM and sets around 06:11 PM in Accra — about 12h 25m of daylight. Ghana stays on standard time here, so UTC+00:00 is stable through the year.
Lomé (169 km from Accra) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Ghana.
Next national holiday: Republic Day, 2026-07-01.
Accra is indexed as a Africa city in the GH country record, using Africa/Accra as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/ghana/accra/.
Location context: 5.56°N, 0.20°W; population 1,963,264; nearest indexed city Lomé is about 169 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 5,110 km away.
Country planning context: capital Accra; subregion Western Africa; languages English; currency GHS (₵); area 238,533 km²; 2 curated airport references; next holiday Republic Day on 2026-07-01.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+00:00) is constant year-round.
Accra is listed in the dataset snapshot as aligned with UTC (offset +00:00). 1 hour behind London, 9 hours behind Tokyo.
Accra sits at 5.56°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Major metropolitan area with around 2 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Accra: Kumasi (same time), Sydney (+10h), Tokyo (+9h), Singapore (+8h), Mumbai (+5.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
ghana
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
GMT
IANA Zone
Africa/Accra
UTC Offset
UTC+00:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
+1h
New York
-4h
Los Angeles
-7h
Dubai
+4h
Singapore
+8h
Tokyo
+9h
Sydney
+10h
São Paulo
-3h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Accra.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Accra: closest hubs London (~5,110 km), São Paulo (~5,986 km), Dubai (~6,284 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,703 km).
Accra sits inside Ghana — the Western Africa subregion, capital Accra, languages English, currency GHS (₵).
Closest indexed cities to Accra: Lomé (169 km), Takoradi (188 km), Kumasi (202 km), Atakpamé (264 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Accra: Republic Day, Founders Day, Farmers' Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Ghana.
Closest curated airport references from Accra: ACC Accra (6 km), KMS Kumasi (201 km).
Kotoka International AirportACC
Accra · 6 km from Accra
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Prempeh I International AirportKMS
Kumasi · 201 km from Accra
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:42 AM | +1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:42 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:42 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:42 PM | +4h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:42 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:42 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:42 PM | +10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:42 AM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
Accra is in the Africa/Accra timezone (GMT), with a UTC offset of +00:00.
Accra does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+00:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Accra is UTC+00:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Accra, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 10:42 GMT. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Accra sits at 5.56°N, 0.20°W in Ghana, with about 2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Accra is London, about 5,110 km away as the crow flies.
Lomé is the closest indexed city, roughly 169 km from Accra.
Kotoka International Airport (ACC) is the closest curated airport reference, about 6 km from Accra.
Republic Day is the next upcoming holiday in Ghana, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Accra uses Ghanaian cedi (GHS, symbol ₵) as the local currency of Ghana.
The longest day of 2026 in Accra falls on Jun 15 with about 12h 27m of daylight. The shortest is Jan 1 with 11h 48m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Accra local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 13:00-21:00; London 08:00-16:00; Frankfurt 07:00-15:00; Dubai 05:00-13:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.