Current Time in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Sierra Leone
It's 7:03 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Sierra Leone on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Sierra Leone does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- IANA: Africa/Freetown
- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00 (GMT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+0 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Freetown
Bo
Kenema
Koidu
How Sierra Leone writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 November 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 pm
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the en-SL locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Sierra Leone
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Sierra Leone time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | Same time | 8 h (09:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 8 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 4 h ahead | 4 h (09:00–13:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 11 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
Sierra Leone at a glance
- Capital
- Freetown
- Population
- 9,077,691
- Currency
- Leone (SLE)
Questions about time in Sierra Leone
- What time is it in Sierra Leone right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:03 PM GMT (UTC+00:00) in Sierra Leone.
- How many time zones does Sierra Leone have?
- Sierra Leone uses one time zone, Greenwich Mean Time (IANA ID Africa/Freetown).
- Does Sierra Leone observe daylight saving time?
- No. Sierra Leone does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+0 all year.