Current time in Sao Tome and Principe

Local time in Sao Tome and Principe

The time in Sao Tome and Principe is the same as in UTC and 1 hour behind Amsterdam. The timezone in Sao Tome and Principe is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Sao Tome and Principe is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 2019.

Details for the time in Sao Tome and Principe

Current time	10:51 a.m.
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
IANA time zone	Africa/Sao_Tome
Your time difference	1 hour behind Amsterdam
UTC time difference	UTC+0 same time as UTC

Sao Tome and Principe Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Sao Tome and Principe

The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Príncipe uses GMT. GMT is UTC +0000. It is a sland nation in the Gulf of Guinea consisting of two islands Sao Tome and Principe. The latitude and longitude of the island state is 0° 20′ N and 6° 44′ E. Therefore GMT is a suitable time zone for Sao Tome and Principe. The islands are very close to the equator, because of this Sao Tome and Principe have no use for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Sao Tome and Principe

The current time in some important cities in Sao Tome and Principe is shown below.

Time in Sao Tome and Principe