Time in Papua New Guinea now

Time zones in Papua New Guinea now

Time zone in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has 2 different clock settings under the current rules, from UTC+10 in Port Moresby to UTC+11 in Arawa. The clock at the top shows the capital, Port Moresby, on UTC+10 all year.

The IANA time zone database divides Papua New Guinea into 2 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.

Port Moresby lies at 147.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+9:49 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 11 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.

Daylight saving time in Papua New Guinea

No. None of Papua New Guinea’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 Papua New Guinea

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+9:49 in Port Moresby), which ended on January 1, 1880, when PMMT (UTC+9:49) replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Port Moresby year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Pacific/Port_Moresby.

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 Papua New Guinea and major cities

Office hours and calls

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

Port Moresby and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Port Moresby, it is 6:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 11:00 PM in Port Moresby is 8:00 AM in New York.

Port Moresby and London share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Port Moresby, it is 11:00 PM the day before in London. A call has to be early or late for one side: 6:00 PM in Port Moresby is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Port Moresby overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (1:30 PM–5:00 PM Port Moresby time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Port Moresby it is 4:30 AM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

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

Same clock as Papua New Guinea

These places keep exactly the same time as Papua New Guinea all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Ust-Nera, Asia/Vladivostok, Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Lindeman, Pacific/Guam).

• BrisbaneAU
• Sunshine CoastAU
• Port MoresbyPG
• TownsvilleAU
• CairnsAU
• SaipanMP
• HagåtñaGU

Cities in Papua New Guinea

• Port Moresby10:07 PM

Papua New Guinea at a glance

• CapitalPort Moresby
• Population10,762,817
• Time zone IDPacific/Port_Moresby
• Standard timeUTC+10
• Daylight saving timenone
• Calling code+675

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