| 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 |
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Bandar Seri Begawan 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 Bandar Seri Begawan 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 Bandar Seri Begawan lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Bandar Seri Begawan 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 Bandar Seri Begawan 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 Bandar Seri Begawan.
Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) is home to roughly 140K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:07, sunset at 18:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Capital
Bandar Seri Begawan 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Brunei
Coordinates
4.90°N, 114.94°E
Currency
BND ($)
Calling Code
+673
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Malay
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kampong Ayer, the water village, has stood on stilts over the Brunei River for around 1,300 years and still houses roughly 10,000 people. It has its own schools, mosques, clinics and fire station, all built above the tide.
The clock: Brunei keeps UTC+8. The country has been ruled by the same dynasty for more than six centuries, one of the longest continuous monarchies anywhere.
Bandar Seri Begawan lies at 114.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 5.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 20 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:20 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 24m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 50m. The swing between them is 34 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 Bandar Seri Begawan the sun comes up earliest on 23 October at 06:05, while the latest sunset waits until 20 July at 18:38. 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 Bandar Seri Begawan 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 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei is Asia/Brunei with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Bandar Seri Begawan has an estimated population of 140K and is located at coordinates 4.90°N, 114.94°E. It is the capital city of Brunei.
Bandar Seri Begawan gets 12h 24m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 50m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Bandar Seri Begawan falls at about 12:20 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 5.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Village on Stilts With Its Own Fire Station: Kampong Ayer, the water village, has stood on stilts over the Brunei River for around 1,300 years and still houses roughly 10,000 people.