AccraGhana
Current time in Accra, Ghana
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAccra time at a glance
- Country
- Ghana
- Location
- Capital city of Ghana
- Time zone
Africa/Accra- UTC offset now
UTC+00:00- Current zone label
- GMT
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Accra time guide
Does Accra change its clocks?
UTC+00:00.- Year-round offset
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+00:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Accra
- Accra and London
- Same clock time during GMT; 1 hour behind during BST
- Accra and New York
- 5 hours ahead of EST; 4 hours ahead of EDT
Metropolitan district and region
Greater Accra is wider than Accra Metropolitan Area
Ghana’s 2021 census reports Greater Accra Region separately from its many metropolitan and municipal districts. Accra Metropolitan Area is only one district within the larger urban region, so Greater Accra’s 5.4 million residents are not an Accra city-only total.
Time-zone identity for Accra
- IANA zone
Africa/Accra- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Current zone label
- GMT
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Accra is currently the same clock time as UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Accra
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 Accra
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Accra, 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 Accra, capital of Ghana
Accra is the capital of Ghana. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Ghana
- Administrative area
- Greater Accra, Ghana
- Population
- 1,963,264
- Coordinates
- 5.5560° N, 0.1969° W. The elevation is 33 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Accra
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Accra. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- OsuGreater Accra, Ghana1.2 km east
Africa/AccraSame local time - AwoshiGreater Accra, Ghana9.5 km west
Africa/AccraSame local time - New AchimotaGreater Accra, Ghana10 km northwest
Africa/AccraSame local time - Teshi Old TownGreater Accra, Ghana10 km east
Africa/AccraSame local time - DomeGreater Accra, Ghana11 km northwest
Africa/AccraSame local time - Medina EstatesGreater Accra, Ghana13 km north
Africa/AccraSame local time
Sources for Accra 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.
- 2021 Population and Housing Census General ReportGhana Statistical Service · 2021 census · AccessedOfficial regional and district population geography for Greater Accra.