Time in Ivory Coast now
12:06PMGMT
GMTUTC+0+5 h vs New York (you)Africa/Abidjan
No clock changes: Ivory Coast stays on GMT (UTC+0) all year.
Time zone in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast uses a single time zone: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Its clocks show UTC itself, the time scale every other zone is defined against; Ivory Coast is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Yamoussoukro lies at 5.3° west, where mean solar time is UTC−0:21 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 21 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:21 PM.
Daylight saving time in Ivory Coast
No. Ivory Coast stays on GMT (UTC+0) all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.
That is typical near the equator: day length barely changes through the year, so moving the clocks would gain almost nothing.
Clock history of Ivory Coast
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−0:16 in Abidjan), which ended on January 1, 1912, when GMT (UTC+0) replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Ivory Coast year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Abidjan.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+0 all year | GMT |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Ivory Coast time
Time difference between Ivory Coast and major cities
| City | Local time now | Ivory Coast vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h | +5 h | +4 h | 3 h / 4 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| London | 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +0 h | 0 h | −1 h | 8 h / 7 h |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −2 h | 7 h / 6 h |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h 30 min | −5 h 30 min | −5 h 30 min | 2 h 30 min / 2 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −8 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −8 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −9 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
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A 9-to-5 day in Ivory Coast overlaps New York’s for 3 h in January (2:00 PM–5:00 PM Ivory Coast time), 4 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Ivory Coast it is 4:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Ivory Coast overlaps New Delhi’s for 2 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–11:30 AM Ivory Coast time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Ivory Coast it is 2:30 PM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Yamoussoukro and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porto-Novo Benin | 870 km | 1:06 PM WAT | +1 h |
| Praia Cabo Verde | 2,180 km | 11:06 AM UTC−1 | −1 h |
Same clock as Ivory Coast
These places keep exactly the same time as Ivory Coast all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Bissau, Africa/Casablanca, Africa/El_Aaiun, Africa/Monrovia, Africa/Sao_Tome and 1 more).
Cities in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast at a glance
- CapitalYamoussoukro
- Population32,711,547
- Time zone IDAfrica/Abidjan
- Standard timeGMT (UTC+0)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+225