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Time in Sierra Leone now

17:37:44

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

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Time zone info for Sierra Leone

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

Sierra Leone does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Sierra Leone is Africa/Freetown.

Time difference
from Sierra Leone

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
London	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Paris	+2 hours
Zurich	+2 hours
Cairo	+3 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sierra Leone on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 71,740 km²
Capital: Freetown
Currency: Leone (SLE)
Calling code: +232
Internet top level domain: .sl
Latitude: 8.50. Longitude: -11.50
Population: 7,650,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Sierra Leone 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 23 largest cities in
Sierra Leone

Binkolo Blama Bo Bonthe Bumpe Freetown Gandorhun Kabala Kailahun Kamakwie Kambia Kenema Koidu Lunsar Magburaka Makeni Panguma Pendembu Port Loko Rokupr Segbwema Waterloo Yengema