Time in Micronesia now

Time zones in Micronesia now

Time zone in Micronesia

Micronesia has 2 different clock settings under the current rules, from UTC+10 in Chuuk to UTC+11 in Pohnpei. The clock at the top shows the capital, Palikir, on UTC+11 all year.

The IANA time zone database divides Micronesia 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, which is why, for example, Pacific/Pohnpei and Pacific/Kosrae are separate.

Palikir lies at 158.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+10:33 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 27 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:27 PM.

Daylight saving time in Micronesia

No. None of Micronesia’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 Micronesia

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−13:27 in Pohnpei), which ended on December 31, 1844, when LMT (UTC+10:33) replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Palikir year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Pacific/Pohnpei.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

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Time difference between Micronesia and major cities

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Micronesia’s office hours overlap yours today.

Palikir and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Palikir, it is 5:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 12:00 AM the next day in Palikir is 8:00 AM in New York.

Palikir and London share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Palikir, it is 10:00 PM the day before in London. A call has to be early or late for one side: 7:00 PM in Palikir is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Palikir overlaps New Delhi’s for 2 h 30 min in January (2:30 PM–5:00 PM Palikir time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Palikir it is 3:30 AM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Palikir and the difference now.

Same clock as Micronesia

These places keep exactly the same time as Micronesia all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Magadan, Asia/Sakhalin, Asia/Srednekolymsk, Pacific/Bougainville, Pacific/Efate and 2 more).

• NouméaNC
• Port-VilaVU

Cities in Micronesia

• Palikir11:04 PM

Micronesia at a glance

• CapitalPalikir
• Population113,683
• Time zone IDPacific/Pohnpei
• Standard timeUTC+11
• Daylight saving timenone
• Calling code+691

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