Time in Kiribati now
1:01AMUTC+12
UTC+12+17 h vs New York (you)Pacific/Tarawa
No clock changes: Kiribati stays on UTC+12 all year.
Time zones in Kiribati now
| Zone | Time now | Offset now | Rules | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarawa time | 1:01 AM UTC+12 | UTC+12 | UTC+12 all year | Tarawa · Gilbert Islands |
| Kanton time | 2:01 AM UTC+13 | UTC+13 | UTC+13 all year | — · Phoenix Islands |
| Kiritimati time | 3:01 AM UTC+14 | UTC+14 | UTC+14 all year | — · Line Islands |
Time zone in Kiribati
Kiribati has 3 different clock settings under the current rules, from UTC+12 in Tarawa to UTC+14 in Kiritimati. The clock at the top shows the capital, Tarawa, on UTC+12 all year.
The IANA time zone database divides Kiribati into 3 zones. It needs more zones than there are clock settings because it also records history: two regions that keep the same time today get separate entries if their clocks differed at any point since 1970.
Tarawa lies at 173.0° east, where mean solar time is UTC+11:32 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 28 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:28 PM.
Daylight saving time in Kiribati
No. None of Kiribati’s regions changes its clocks under the current rules.
That is typical near the equator: day length barely changes through the year, so moving the clocks would gain almost nothing.
Clock history of Kiribati
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+11:32 in Tarawa), which ended on December 31, 1900, when UTC+12 replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Tarawa year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Pacific/Tarawa.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+12 all year | — |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Kiribati time
Time difference between Kiribati and major cities
| City | Local time now | Kiribati vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 8:01 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +17 h | +17 h | +16 h | 1 h / none |
| Los Angeles | 5:01 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +20 h | +20 h | +19 h | 4 h / 3 h |
| London | 1:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +12 h | +12 h | +11 h | none / none |
| Berlin | 2:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +11 h | +11 h | +10 h | none / none |
| Dubai | 5:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +8 h | none / none |
| New Delhi | 6:31 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +6 h 30 min | +6 h 30 min | +6 h 30 min | 1 h 30 min / 1 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 9:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| Beijing | 9:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| Tokyo | 10:01 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +3 h | 5 h / 5 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Kiribati’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Tarawa overlaps New York’s for 1 h in January (9:00 AM–10:00 AM Tarawa time), not at all in July. At 9:00 AM in Tarawa it is 4:00 PM the day before in New York.
Tarawa and London share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Tarawa, it is 9:00 PM the day before in London. A call has to be early or late for one side: 8:00 PM in Tarawa is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Tarawa overlaps New Delhi’s for 1 h 30 min in January (3:30 PM–5:00 PM Tarawa time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Tarawa it is 2:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
Same clock as Kiribati
These places keep exactly the same time as Kiribati all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Anadyr, Asia/Kamchatka, Pacific/Fiji, Pacific/Kwajalein, Pacific/Nauru).
Cities in Kiribati
- Tarawa1:01 AM
Kiribati at a glance
- CapitalTarawa
- Population136,488
- Time zone IDPacific/Tarawa
- Standard timeUTC+12
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+686