| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
Balikpapan, Indonesia runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Balikpapan and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Balikpapan and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Balikpapan lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Balikpapan and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Balikpapan lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Balikpapan.
Balikpapan (Indonesia) is home to roughly 700K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:59, sunset at 18:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 1° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Indonesia
Capital
Jakarta
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
Coordinates
1.24°S, 116.85°E
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Calling Code
+62
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Indonesian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Indonesia is building Nusantara, its new capital, in East Kalimantan near Balikpapan, to relieve a Jakarta that is sinking and overloaded. The move was legislated in 2022 and is planned in phases into the 2040s.
The clock: Balikpapan keeps UTC+8 — so the new capital will sit an hour ahead of the old one.
Balikpapan lies at 116.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 3.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 13 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:13 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 12m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 12h 3m. The swing between them is 9 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Balikpapan the sun comes up earliest on 4 November at 05:51, while the latest sunset waits until 11 February at 18:32. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Balikpapan that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Balikpapan, Indonesia is Asia/Makassar with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Balikpapan has an estimated population of 700K and is located at coordinates 1.24°S, 116.85°E.
Balikpapan gets 12h 12m of daylight on its longest day and 12h 3m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Balikpapan falls at about 12:13 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 3.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Next Door to a New Capital: Indonesia is building Nusantara, its new capital, in East Kalimantan near Balikpapan, to relieve a Jakarta that is sinking and overloaded. The move was legislated in 2022 and is planned in phases into the 2040s.