LibrevilleGabon
Current time in Libreville, Gabon
Thursday, 24 September 2026
West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockLibreville time at a glance
- Country
- Gabon
- Location
- Capital city of Gabon
- Time zone
Africa/Libreville- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Libreville time guide
Does Libreville change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Year-round offset
- West Africa Time (WAT), UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Libreville
- Libreville and London
- 1 hour ahead during GMT; the same clock time during BST
- Libreville and New York
- 6 hours ahead of EST; 5 hours ahead of EDT
Commune, department and province
Libreville is one part of Estuaire Province
Gabon’s 2013 census publishes population at multiple administrative levels, including communes and provinces. Libreville’s commune should not be conflated with the surrounding Estuaire Province or the wider coastal urban area that includes neighboring communes.
Time-zone identity for Libreville
- IANA zone
Africa/Libreville- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Libreville is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Libreville
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Libreville
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Libreville, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Libreville, capital of Gabon
Libreville is the capital of Gabon. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Gabon
- Administrative area
- Estuaire, Gabon
- Population
- 846,090
- Coordinates
- 0.3924° N, 9.4536° E. The elevation is 8 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Libreville
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Libreville. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- OwendoEstuaire, Gabon13 km southeast
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time - AkandaEstuaire, Gabon28 km northwest
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time - NtoumEstuaire, Gabon34 km east
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time - Port-GentilOgooué-Maritime, Gabon144 km southwest
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time - LambarénéMoyen-Ogooué, Gabon150 km southeast
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time - OyamMoyen-Ogooué, Gabon152 km southeast
Africa/LibrevilleSame local time
Sources for Libreville time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- 2013 General Population and Housing CensusNational Institute of Statistics of Gabon · Census conducted 2013-10 · AccessedOfficial census resources and administrative population geography for Libreville.