What time is it in Avarua?

07:43:31

Friday 13 November 2026

Avarua, Cook Islands
Time zone UTC−10:00
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 05:50 · sunset 18:56

Time difference with Avarua

Avarua is on UTC−10:00 right now: 10 hours behind UTC all year round.

City	Time	Compared with Avarua
London United Kingdom	17:43	10 hours ahead
New York United States	12:43	5 hours ahead
Los Angeles United States	09:43	2 hours ahead
Paris France	18:43	11 hours ahead
Berlin Germany	18:43	11 hours ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates	21:43	14 hours ahead
New Delhi India	23:13	15 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore	01:43	18 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong	01:43	18 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan	02:43	19 hours ahead
Sydney Australia	04:43	21 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil	14:43	7 hours ahead

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Daylight saving time in Avarua

Avarua does not change its clocks: UTC−10:00 all year round.

History of local time in Avarua

Period	Legal time
since 3 March 1991	UTC−10 all year round
1978 – 1991	UTC−10, summer time UTC−9:30
1952 – 1977	UTC−10:30 all year round
until 1951	UTC−10:39 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Pacific/Rarotonga. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Avarua

14 November 2031 · solar eclipsepartial, 6 % of the Sun covered at 10:30
9 March 2035 · solar eclipsepartial, 66 % of the Sun covered at 13:05
6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 08:19
31 December 2028 · total lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 06:52

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 1,086 km away, Alofi (Niue) is 1 hour behind Avarua all year round.

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Sun and Moon in Avarua

Sunrise: 05:50
Sunset: 18:56
Day length: 13 h 6 min
Tomorrow: +1 min

Dawn 05:26, dusk 19:20, solar noon 12:23. Shortest day: 21 June 2026 (10 h 50 min); longest: 21 December 2026 (13 h 25 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:48 (19 November 2026), latest at 07:17 (30 June 2027); earliest sunset at 18:04 (29 May 2027), latest at 19:26 (7 January 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 21 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:13 · moonset 23:07 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 01:47 · moon calendar