Siem Reap, Cambodia Β· UTC+7
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Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor, and the temples of Angkor Wat impose their own relationship with time on the city. Millions of visitors every year plan their mornings around sunrise over the western face of the main temple, the moment when the sun rises behind the spires and the reflection appears in the moat. That particular light lasts for perhaps twenty minutes. Siem Reap runs on Indochina Time (UTC+7) to deliver it.
Cambodia observes no daylight saving time. The country sits at about 13 degrees north, where daylight variation is limited enough that clock changes would provide minimal benefit. The fixed UTC+7 aligns Cambodia with Thailand and Laos across the Mekong region.
temple orientation and solar time
Angkor Wat itself is oriented to the west, making sunset as significant as sunrise at the main entrance. Other temples in the Angkor complex are oriented to the east for sunrise alignment. The Khmer architects of the twelfth century understood solar timing and built it into stone. The UTC+7 clock overlay is an inconsequential footnote on top of a solar calendar that preceded it by nine centuries.
Siem Reapβs modern town grew rapidly with tourism, and its daily rhythm is organized around tuk-tuk departures to temples, sunrise photography positions, and afternoon tour bus schedules.
Takeo and Phnom Penh in Cambodia share the same Indochina Time.
9am in Siem Reap is 2am in London in winter, 3am during British Summer Time.
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Questions about time in Siem Reap
- What timezone is Siem Reap in?
- Siem Reap uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Phnom_Penh. The UTC offset is always UTC+7 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Siem Reap observe daylight saving time?
- No. Siem Reap does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+7 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Siem Reap?
- Siem Reap is currently at UTC+7.
- What is the time difference between Siem Reap and New York?
- Siem Reap is currently 11 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Siem Reap and London?
- Siem Reap is currently 6 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Siem Reap and Los Angeles?
- Siem Reap is currently 14 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Siem Reap and Tokyo?
- Siem Reap is currently 2 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Siem Reap?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Siem Reap is
Asia/Phnom_Penh. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Phnom_Penh' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Phnom_Penh')`), or any IANA-compatible library.