Time in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has 2 time zones, from UTC+10 to UTC+11 in standard time. Papua New Guinea borders Indonesia. Its capital, Port Moresby, keeps Papua New Guinea Time, UTC+10 all year.

Papua New Guinea and the countries around it
Papua New Guinea TimeUTC+10:00Port Moresby, Lae, and Mount HagenPacific/Port_Moresby
Bougainville TimeUTC+11:00ArawaPacific/Bougainville
Papua New Guinea (simplified outline). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
Population
8,606,316 GeoNames figure; the source gives no year
Total area
178,704 sq mi (462,840 km²)
Currency
Kina (PGK)
Languages
English (Papua New Guinea), Hiri Motu, Motu, Tok Pisin
Calling code
+675
Driving side
Left
Country code (ISO)
PG
Coordinates (central point)
-6.639903, 144.361787

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Calling code and largest cities: GeoNames; driving side: Wikidata.

Local time in the largest cities

CityLocal time nowTime zone
Port MoresbyUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
LaeUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
ArawaUTC+11 all yearBougainville Time
Mount HagenUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
PopondettaUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
MadangUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
KokopoUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time
MendiUTC+10 all yearPapua New Guinea Time

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year). Districts of a larger city are left out.

Time in neighboring countries

CountryLocal time nowDifference from Papua New Guinea
IndonesiaUTC+7 all year3 hours behind

Each country’s time is its capital’s clock, or its largest city’s; Papua New Guinea’s is its capital’s. A country with several time zones has other times too.

All time zones in Papua New Guinea

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
Bougainville TimePacific/BougainvilleUTC+11:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Papua New Guinea TimePacific/Port_MoresbyUTC+10:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.