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What time is it in Nuku‘alofa?

06:45:30

Saturday 14 November 2026

  • Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
  • Time zone UTC+13:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 05:52 · sunset 18:58

Time difference with Nuku‘alofa

Nuku‘alofa is on UTC+13:00 right now: 13 hours ahead of UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Nuku‘alofa
London United Kingdom 17:45 13 hours behind
New York United States 12:45 18 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:45 21 hours behind
Paris France 18:45 12 hours behind
Berlin Germany 18:45 12 hours behind
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:45 9 hours behind
New Delhi India 23:15 7 h 30 min behind
Singapore Singapore 01:45 5 hours behind
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:45 5 hours behind
Tokyo Japan 02:45 4 hours behind
Sydney Australia 04:45 2 hours behind
São Paulo Brazil 14:45 16 hours behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Nuku‘alofa

Nuku‘alofa does not change its clocks: UTC+13:00 all year round.

History of local time in Nuku‘alofa

PeriodLegal time
since 15 January 2017UTC+13 all year round
2016 – 2017UTC+13, with a temporary switch to UTC+14
2002 – 2015UTC+13 all year round
1999 – 2001UTC+13, summer time UTC+14
1960 – 1998UTC+13 all year round

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

Upcoming eclipses visible from Nuku‘alofa

  • 22 July 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 7 % of the Sun covered at 17:28
  • 10 March 2035 · solar eclipsepartial, 40 % of the Sun covered at 11:23
  • 7 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 07:19
  • 1 January 2029 · total lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 05:52

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 598 km away, Alofi (Niue) is 24 hours behind Nuku‘alofa all year round.

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Nuku‘alofa
  • Nuku‘alofa
  • sun overhead
  • twilight
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Sun and Moon in Nuku‘alofa

Sunrise
05:52
Sunset
18:58
Day length
13 h 6 min
Tomorrow
no change
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 05:5218:58

Dawn 05:28, dusk 19:21, solar noon 12:25. 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 05:49 (27 November 2026), latest at 07:18 (26 June 2027); earliest sunset at 18:06 (29 May 2027), latest at 19:28 (10 January 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 22 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:18 · moonset 23:10 · next: first quarter on 18 November 2026 at 00:47 · moon calendar

Good to know about the time in Nuku‘alofa

Nuku‘alofa, the capital of Tonga, is on UTC+13 all year round.

Tonga is one of the first countries to enter each new day. Fiji, to the west, is 1 hour behind Tonga.