Sekondi, Western, Ghana uses Africa/Accra, currently GMT (UTC+00:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Sekondi is a city in Ghana, home to around 285,500 people. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Sekondi forms the eastern half of the twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on Ghana's Atlantic coast, and is the older and more administrative of the pair. It sits on a headland with colonial buildings and forts above the harbour.
The old European forts, including Fort Orange overlooking the harbour, reflect this coast's dense history of trading posts, and several along the coast are World Heritage listed. The fishing harbour and the town's older quarter are the local character, and Takoradi's market circle is a short distance west.
Shared minibuses known as tro-tros and taxis are the standard transport between the twin towns. The coastal road runs east toward Cape Coast and Accra.
The drier months around the turn of the year are the most comfortable, though the harmattan can bring haze. The main rainy season falls in the middle of the year.
Ghana uses the GHS, calling code +233.
Ghana uses the cedi, and English is the official language with Fante widely spoken locally. Greetings are unhurried and important, and mobile money is very widely used.
