| 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 |
Davao 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 Davao 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 Davao 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 Davao City lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Davao 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 Davao 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 Davao City.
Davao City (Philippines) is home to roughly 1.8M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:26, sunset at 17:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Philippines
Capital
Manila
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
Coordinates
7.19°N, 125.46°E
Currency
PHP (₱)
Calling Code
+63
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Filipino, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Davao covers roughly 2,440 square kilometres, which makes it larger than many countries and one of the biggest cities in the world by land area. Much of that is mountain and forest, including Mount Apo, the highest point in the Philippines at 2,954 metres.
The clock: Davao keeps UTC+8. It is also known for a strictly enforced 30 km/h speed limit on city streets and a citywide firecracker ban.
Davao City lies at 125.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 5.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 22 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:38 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 32m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 42m. The swing between them is 50 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 Davao City the sun comes up earliest on 26 May at 05:20, while the latest sunset waits until 17 July at 17:59. 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 Davao 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 Davao City, Philippines is Asia/Manila with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Davao City has an estimated population of 1.8M and is located at coordinates 7.19°N, 125.46°E.
Davao City gets 12h 32m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Davao City falls at about 11:38 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 5.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
One of the Largest Cities by Area: Davao covers roughly 2,440 square kilometres, which makes it larger than many countries and one of the biggest cities in the world by land area.