Ambon, Indonesia Β· UTC+9
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Ambon is in the Asia/Jayapura timezone (WIT/UTC+9), with no daylight saving. The capital of Indonesiaβs Maluku province has a population of around 450,000.
Ambon sits in the heart of the Maluku Islands, the original Spice Islands that drove European colonial ambition for centuries. Nutmeg and cloves from this archipelago were so valuable in the 16th and 17th centuries that European powers went to war over them. The Dutch East India Company made Ambon its eastern headquarters and the city became the pivot of a global trade system.
Today Ambon is the capital of Maluku province and runs on Eastern Indonesia Time, UTC+9. The IANA identifier is Asia/Jayapura, named for the capital of Papua province to the east. Indonesia spans three timezones: Western (UTC+7, Java), Central (UTC+8, Bali), and Eastern (UTC+9, Maluku and Papua). Ambon is in the eastern zone.
Indonesia does not observe daylight saving time, so UTC+9 is the permanent clock here. This puts Ambon in timezone alignment with Tokyo and Seoul, though it is geographically far to the south.
Sea rhythms in the Spice Islands
The city sits on an island surrounded by one of Southeast Asiaβs richest marine environments. The rhythm here is shaped by the sea, fishing and diving, the morning market, the afternoon heat. The spice trade that once made this city globally significant has been supplanted by fisheries, but the maritime character remains.
9am in Ambon is 1am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Ambon
- What timezone is Ambon in?
- Ambon uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Jayapura. The UTC offset is always UTC+9 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Ambon observe daylight saving time?
- No. Ambon does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Ambon?
- Ambon is currently at UTC+9.
- What is the time difference between Ambon and New York?
- Ambon is currently 13 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Ambon and London?
- Ambon is currently 8 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Ambon and Los Angeles?
- Ambon is currently 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Ambon?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Ambon is
Asia/Jayapura. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Jayapura' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Jayapura')`), or any IANA-compatible library.