ElminaGhana
Elmina time at a glance
- Country
- Ghana
- Location
- City in Central
- Time zone
Africa/Accra- UTC offset now
UTC+00:00- Current zone label
- GMT
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Elmina
- 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.
Elmina 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 Elmina
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 21 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Elmina
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.
Location context
About Elmina
Location details for Elmina in Central, Ghana.
- Administrative area
- Central, Ghana
- Population
- 34,403
- Coordinates
- 5.0847° N, 1.3509° W. The elevation is 21 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Elmina
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Elmina. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Cape CoastCentral, Ghana12 km east
Africa/AccraSame local time - SaltpondCentral, Ghana35 km northeast
Africa/AccraSame local time - MankesimCentral, Ghana43 km northeast
Africa/AccraSame local time - Twifu PrasoCentral, Ghana63 km north
Africa/AccraSame local time - FosoCentral, Ghana69 km north
Africa/AccraSame local time - ApamCentral, Ghana71 km east
Africa/AccraSame local time
Sources for Elmina time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.