What timezone is Tarawa in?

Tarawa uses the IANA timezone Pacific/Tarawa. The UTC offset is always UTC+12 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Tarawa observe daylight saving time?

No. Tarawa does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+12 all year round.

What is the time difference between Tarawa and New York?

Tarawa is currently 16 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Tarawa and London?

Tarawa is currently 11 hours ahead of London.

Tarawa, Kiribati · UTC+12

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Friday, April 3, 2026

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Tarawa is in the Gilbert Island Time zone (GILT/UTC+12). Kiribati observes no daylight saving time, keeping UTC+12 all year.

Tarawa is an atoll, a thin strip of coral and sand in the central Pacific, and the capital of Kiribati. It sits almost exactly on the equator, which means sunrise and sunset vary by only about 20 minutes across the entire year. There is no dramatic summer or winter light here. Just reliable, equatorial consistency.

What is dramatic is the timezone. Tarawa runs at UTC+12, which places it among the first inhabited places on Earth to enter each calendar day. New Year’s Eve broadcasts sometimes cut to Kiribati as the symbolic first celebration, though the Marshall Islands and Samoa have nudged in on that distinction over the years.

one country, one date

The Gilbert Islands group, where Tarawa sits, pushed to UTC+12 in the 1990s to align the entire country under one timezone, even though the Phoenix and Line Islands to the east technically sit in earlier-day longitude. It was a practical and political decision. One country, one date.

9am in Tarawa is 9pm the previous day in London. Neighbors on the same clock include Majuro in the Marshall Islands.

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Questions about time in Tarawa

What timezone is Tarawa in?: Tarawa uses the IANA timezone Pacific/Tarawa. The UTC offset is always UTC+12 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Tarawa observe daylight saving time?: No. Tarawa does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+12 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Tarawa?: Tarawa is currently at UTC+12.
What is the time difference between Tarawa and New York?: Tarawa is currently 16 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Tarawa and London?: Tarawa is currently 11 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Tarawa and Los Angeles?: Tarawa is currently 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Tarawa and Tokyo?: Tarawa is currently 3 hours ahead of Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Tarawa?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Tarawa is Pacific/Tarawa. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Tarawa' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Tarawa')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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