FreetownSierra Leone
Current time in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Monday, 10 August 2026
Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
⛶ Full-screen clockFreetown time at a glance
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Location
- Capital city of Sierra Leone
- Time zone
Africa/Freetown- UTC offset now
UTC+00:00- Current zone label
- GMT
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Freetown
Conditions near Freetown and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Light rain shower
- Feels like
- 27°C
- Humidity
- 93%
- Wind
- 12.6 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 1.5 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower24°C to 26°C91% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.3 km/h
- Light rain shower23°C to 25°C93% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h
- Light rain shower24°C to 27°C88% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:41:48.541Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:56:48.541Z.
Time-zone identity for Freetown
- IANA zone
Africa/Freetown- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Current zone label
- GMT
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Freetown 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 Freetown
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Freetown
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Freetown, 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 Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone
Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Sierra Leone
- Administrative area
- Western Area, Sierra Leone
- Population
- 802,639
- Coordinates
- 8.4871° N, 13.2356° W. The elevation is 38 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Freetown
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Freetown. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- GoderichWestern Area, Sierra Leone8.6 km southwest
Africa/FreetownSame local time - WaterlooWestern Area, Sierra Leone24 km southeast
Africa/FreetownSame local time - Port LokoNorth West, Sierra Leone58 km northeast
Africa/FreetownSame local time - LunsarNorthern Province, Sierra Leone80 km east
Africa/FreetownSame local time - Mile 91Northern Province, Sierra Leone112 km east
Africa/FreetownSame local time - NjalaSouthern Province, Sierra Leone137 km east
Africa/FreetownSame local time
Sources for Freetown time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.