| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +11h | Becomes +10h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +12h | Becomes +11h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +14h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +19h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +20h | Becomes +21h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +6h | Becomes +5h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | +3h | Becomes +2h on 1 Nov |
Bora Bora, French Polynesia runs on UTC−10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−10 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Bora Bora and New York is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Bora Bora lines up with 15:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Bora Bora and London is 11 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Bora Bora and Tokyo is 19 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Bora Bora lines up with 09:00–13:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Honolulu, Papeete, Avarua. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bora Bora.
Bora Bora (French Polynesia) is home to roughly 11K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 18:03. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 17° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
French Polynesia
Capital
Papeete
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC−10 · Pacific/Tahiti
Coordinates
16.50°S, 151.74°W
Currency
XPF (F)
Calling Code
+689
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
French, Tahitian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bora Bora is the eroded remnant of a volcano about three to four million years old, ringed by a barrier reef and motu islets. Mount Otemanu, its highest point at 727 metres, is the plug of the old crater.
The clock: Bora Bora keeps UTC−10, the same as Hawaii, and eleven hours behind Paris (twelve during European summer time).
Bora Bora lies at 151.7°W. Its time zone, UTC−10, is built around the 150°W meridian. The 1.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:07 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−10 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 7m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 9m. The swing between them is 1h 58m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Bora Bora the sun comes up earliest on 24 November at 05:25, while the latest sunset waits until 21 January at 18:46. 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 Bora Bora that civil twilight runs about 22 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 Bora Bora, French Polynesia is Pacific/Tahiti with a current UTC offset of UTC−10.
Bora Bora has an estimated population of 11K and is located at coordinates 16.50°S, 151.74°W.
Bora Bora gets 13h 7m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 9m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Bora Bora falls at about 12:07 on UTC−10 standard time, because the city sits 1.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lagoon Around a Drowned Volcano: Bora Bora is the eroded remnant of a volcano about three to four million years old, ringed by a barrier reef and motu islets. Mount Otemanu, its highest point at 727 metres, is the plug of the old crater.