Port-Vila, Vanuatu · UTC+11
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Port-Vila is in the Vanuatu Time timezone (VUT/UTC+11), observed year-round with no daylight saving across the Vanuatu archipelago.
Vanuatu has the world’s highest number of languages per capita: roughly 280 languages for a population of about 320,000. Port-Vila, the capital on Efate Island, is where these languages converge around a shared commercial life. Bislama, the creole, is the common tongue. Time is told in it like everything else.
Vanuatu uses Vanuatu Time, UTC+11, year-round with no daylight saving. This places Port-Vila one hour ahead of eastern Australia in winter, and matching eastern Australia’s summer time when AEDT kicks in. The archipelago spans several degrees of longitude, but everyone runs on the same clock.
Port-Vila sits at 17 degrees south latitude, tropical and warm year-round. The wet season (November to April) brings cyclone risk. Vanuatu is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and the southern end of the subduction zone between the Australian and Pacific plates. Earthquakes are regular. Mount Yasur on Tanna Island, one of the world’s most accessible active volcanoes, is 200 kilometers south.
harbor market and daily waterfront life
The harbor is a lagoon of extraordinary blue-green water, protected by small islands. Cruise ships anchor here regularly. The daily market on the waterfront runs from before dawn, with fishing boats arriving with the morning catch.
9am in Port-Vila is 10pm the previous night in London.
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Questions about time in Port-Vila
- What timezone is Port-Vila in?
- Port-Vila uses the IANA timezone
Pacific/Efate. The UTC offset is always UTC+11 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Port-Vila observe daylight saving time?
- No. Port-Vila does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+11 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Port-Vila?
- Port-Vila is currently at UTC+11.
- What is the time difference between Port-Vila and New York?
- Port-Vila is currently 15 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Port-Vila and London?
- Port-Vila is currently 10 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Port-Vila and Los Angeles?
- Port-Vila is currently 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Port-Vila and Tokyo?
- Port-Vila is currently 2 hours ahead of Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Port-Vila?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Port-Vila is
Pacific/Efate. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Efate' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Efate')`), or any IANA-compatible library.