Indexed entity
Takoradi is the takoradi-GH record in Ghana: country slug ghana, city slug takoradi, ISO GH, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Accra.
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Live local time
Takoradi, Ghana
10:46:40 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Accra
Quick answer
It is currently 10:46:40 AM (GMT, UTC+00:00) in Takoradi, Ghana — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
24°C
Cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
28°C
24°C
95% rain
Wed
28°C
24°C
100% rain
Thu
29°C
24°C
92% 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
05:53 AM
Sunset
06:16 PM
Day length
12h 23m
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 Takoradi, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:46 AM UTC.
Current local time
10:46:40 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 Takoradi right now
Nearest airport
ACC
Kotoka International Airport · 193 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 Takoradi, Ghana.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 10:46 GMT
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Takoradi 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
11:46 AM / +1h
Dubai
02:46 PM / +4h
Schedule risk
Republic Day on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Travel cue
ACC Accra, 193 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:53 AM to 06:16 PM, with solar noon around 12:05 PM and total daylight of 12h 23m.
Mapped location
4.90°N, 1.76°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:46 AM / +1h
Good live-call window with Takoradi right now.
New York
06:46 AM / -4h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:46 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:46 PM / +4h
Good live-call window with Takoradi right now.
Singapore
06:46 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 Takoradi.
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 Takoradi right now.
Check local interruptions
Republic Day on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: ACC Accra, 193 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
Takoradi 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 Takoradi.
Canonical route
/time/ghana/takoradi/
Catalog identity
takoradi-GH · GH · Africa
Coordinate cell
4.90°N, 1.76°W · lat 4.898 · lon -1.760 · cell 490:-176
Population record
389,114 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
Africa/Accra · GMT · UTC+00:00
January / July offsets
UTC+00:00 / UTC+00:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Accra, Ghana · 188 km
Nearest world hub
London · 5,185 km
Closest airport references
ACC Accra 193 km · KMS Kumasi 203 km
Zone peer roster
Kumasi, Ghana · Accra, Ghana · Tamale, Ghana
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Takoradi: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Takoradi is the takoradi-GH record in Ghana: country slug ghana, city slug takoradi, ISO GH, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Accra.
4.90°N, 1.76°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 4 and longitude band -2; exact decimal pair 4.89816, -1.76029.
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 Takoradi 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.
Accra [accra-GH, GH, Africa/Accra, 188 km]; Kumasi [kumasi-GH, GH, Africa/Accra, 200 km]; Abidjan [abidjan-CI, CI, Africa/Abidjan, 253 km]; Abobo [abobo-CI, CI, Africa/Abidjan, 256 km]; Lomé [lome-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 357 km]; Atakpamé [atakpame-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 434 km]; Bouaké [bouake-CI, CI, Africa/Abidjan, 477 km]; Abomey-Calavi [abomey-calavi-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 487 km]
Takoradi 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 5,185 km; São Paulo 5,802 km; Dubai 6,472 km; New York 8,160 km; Singapore 11,720 km; Los Angeles 12,085 km; Tokyo 13,972 km; Sydney 15,753 km
ACC Kotoka International Airport in Accra [GH, 193 km]; KMS Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi [GH, 203 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].
Takoradi renders Jun 2, 2026 · 10:46 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 is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Takoradi.
Takoradi is a context-and-reference city; rank #4 of 4 retained Ghana city pages. The route is /time/ghana/takoradi/ and the city id is takoradi-GH.
Takoradi has 15 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.
Takoradi is pinned at 4.90°N, 1.76°W; Accra (188 km); London (5,185 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 (193 km) · Republic Day (Wednesday, July 1, 2026) · 2 country airport references · 11 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Takoradi 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.
Sekondi-Takoradi: Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as an industrial and commercial center, with a population of 245,382 people, according to the 2021 census. Since 2025 the mayor of the city and the metropolitan area has been Frederick F. Faidoo, a lawyer. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is the current member of parliament for Takoradi and Armah Blay Nyameke for Sekondi.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+00:00) is constant year-round.
Takoradi is listed in the dataset snapshot as aligned with UTC (offset +00:00). 1 hour behind London, 9 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -1.76°, Takoradi's mean solar noon falls about 7 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Takoradi sits at 4.90°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Takoradi sits at 4.90°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
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 5 (12h 24m)
Shortest day
Dec 13 (11h 50m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 34m
See the full daylight curve for Takoradi at /sun/takoradi/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Takoradi local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Takoradi |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Reference fields include Takoradi's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 10:46:40 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Takoradi (UTC+00:00, GMT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:53 AM to 06:16 PM
Day length 12h 23m · Solar noon 12:05 PM
Next country holiday
Republic Day
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Takoradi local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Population
389.1K
Coordinates
4.90, -1.76
Timezone
Africa/Accra
Indexed airports
2
Capital
Accra
Languages
English
Currency
GHS (₵)
Country area
238,533 km²
Takoradi, Ghana (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Accra (GMT, UTC+00:00); population ~389.1K.
Coordinates: 4.90°N, 1.76°W. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~544 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:53 AM and sets around 06:16 PM in Takoradi — about 12h 23m of daylight. Ghana stays on standard time here, so UTC+00:00 is stable through the year.
Accra (188 km from Takoradi) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Ghana.
Next national holiday: Republic Day, 2026-07-01.
Takoradi 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/takoradi/.
Location context: 4.90°N, 1.76°W; population 389,114; nearest indexed city Accra is about 188 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 5,185 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.
Takoradi is listed in the dataset snapshot as aligned with UTC (offset +00:00). 1 hour behind London, 9 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -1.76°, Takoradi's mean solar noon falls about 7 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Takoradi sits at 4.90°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mid-sized city with around 389 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Takoradi city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Takoradi: 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 Takoradi.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Takoradi: closest hubs London (~5,185 km), São Paulo (~5,802 km), Dubai (~6,472 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,753 km).
Takoradi sits inside Ghana — the Western Africa subregion, capital Accra, languages English, currency GHS (₵).
Closest indexed cities to Takoradi: Accra (188 km), Kumasi (200 km), Abidjan (253 km), Abobo (256 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Takoradi: Republic Day, Founders Day, Farmers' Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Ghana.
Closest curated airport references from Takoradi: ACC Accra (193 km), KMS Kumasi (203 km).
Kotoka International AirportACC
Accra · 193 km from Takoradi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
Prempeh I International AirportKMS
Kumasi · 203 km from Takoradi
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
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 | 11:46 AM | +1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:46 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:46 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:46 PM | +4h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:46 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:46 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:46 PM | +10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:46 AM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
Takoradi is in the Africa/Accra timezone (GMT), with a UTC offset of +00:00.
Takoradi 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 Takoradi is UTC+00:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Takoradi, 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 · 10:46 GMT. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Takoradi sits at 4.90°N, 1.76°W in Ghana, with about 389.1K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Takoradi is London, about 5,185 km away as the crow flies.
Accra is the closest indexed city, roughly 188 km from Takoradi.
Kotoka International Airport (ACC) is the closest curated airport reference, about 193 km from Takoradi.
Republic Day is the next upcoming holiday in Ghana, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Takoradi uses Ghanaian cedi (GHS, symbol ₵) as the local currency of Ghana.
The longest day of 2026 in Takoradi falls on Jun 5 with about 12h 24m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 13 with 11h 50m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Takoradi 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.