Alofi, Niue · UTC-11
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Alofi is in the Pacific/Niue timezone (NUT/UTC-11), with no daylight saving. The world’s smallest national capital has a population of around 600 people.
Alofi is the capital of Niue, and Niue is one of the world’s smallest and least populous self-governing nations. The island has a population of around 1,600 people, and Alofi, the capital, holds perhaps half of them. The island is a raised coral atoll in the South Pacific, 2,400 kilometers northeast of New Zealand, self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
The clock is UTC-11, year-round. No daylight saving. The IANA identifier is Pacific/Niue. This offset is among the furthest behind UTC of any inhabited place. When it is noon in London, it is 1am in Alofi.
Niue’s geography explains the offset. The island sits west of the 180-degree meridian but uses UTC-11 rather than UTC+13, placing it a full day behind rather than a day ahead. This keeps the island on the same calendar day as Avarua in the Cook Islands to the east, which makes administrative and travel coordination with New Zealand more practical.
An island economy outside global time
The island’s economy is small and largely self-sufficient, with remittances from Niueans living in New Zealand providing significant income. The pace here is determined by the ocean and the agricultural calendar, not global financial markets. The 11-hour offset from UTC is practically irrelevant to most daily life.
9am in Alofi is 8pm in London the previous evening, a 23-hour difference that puts Alofi nearly a full day behind the UK.
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Questions about time in Alofi
- What timezone is Alofi in?
- Alofi uses the IANA timezone
Pacific/Niue. The UTC offset is always UTC-11 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Alofi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Alofi does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC-11 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Alofi?
- Alofi is currently at UTC-11.
- What is the time difference between Alofi and New York?
- Alofi is currently 7 hours behind New York.
- What is the time difference between Alofi and London?
- Alofi is currently 12 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Alofi and Los Angeles?
- Alofi is currently 4 hours behind Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Alofi and Tokyo?
- Alofi is currently 20 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Alofi?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Alofi is
Pacific/Niue. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Niue' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Niue')`), or any IANA-compatible library.