| 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 |
Cebu City, Philippines runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Cebu City 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 Cebu City 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 Cebu City lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Cebu City 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 Cebu City 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 Cebu City.
Cebu City (Philippines) is home to roughly 960K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:33, sunset at 17:35. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Philippines
Capital
Manila
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
Coordinates
10.32°N, 123.89°E
Currency
PHP (₱)
Calling Code
+63
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Filipino, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Cebu was founded in 1565 as the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines, and the cross Magellan planted in 1521 is still displayed there — encased in tindalo wood, because pilgrims kept chipping pieces off the original.
The clock: Cebu keeps UTC+8. The Philippines skipped 31 December 1844 entirely to switch from the American side of the date line to the Asian side.
Cebu City lies at 123.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 3.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:44 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 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 31m. The swing between them is 1h 12m. 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 Cebu City the sun comes up earliest on 30 May at 05:21, while the latest sunset waits until 14 July at 18:10. 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 Cebu City 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 Cebu City, Philippines is Asia/Manila with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Cebu City has an estimated population of 960K and is located at coordinates 10.32°N, 123.89°E.
Cebu City gets 12h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 31m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Cebu City falls at about 11:44 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 3.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Oldest City in the Philippines: Cebu was founded in 1565 as the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines, and the cross Magellan planted in 1521 is still displayed there — encased in tindalo wood, because pilgrims kept chipping pieces off the…