| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −5h | Becomes −6h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −4h | Becomes −5h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +3h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +4h | Becomes +5h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −13h | Becomes −14h on 1 Nov |
Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory runs on UTC+6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Diego Garcia and New York is 10 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 Diego Garcia and London is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Diego Garcia lines up with 09:00–13:00 in London. The time difference between Diego Garcia and Tokyo is 3 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–15:00 in Diego Garcia lines up with 12:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Dhaka, Bishkek, Chittagong. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Diego Garcia.
Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) is home to roughly 3K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:55, sunset at 19:05. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 7° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Diego Garcia 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+6 · Indian/Chagos
Coordinates
7.31°S, 72.41°E
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+246
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Chagossians were expelled between 1968 and 1973 to make way for a military base. The International Court of Justice advised in 2019 that the UK's administration was unlawful, and in 2024 the UK agreed to transfer sovereignty to Mauritius; the treaty, signed in 2025, was still unratified in 2026.
The clock: Diego Garcia keeps UTC+6. The surrounding marine protected area is one of the largest in the world.
Diego Garcia lies at 72.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+6, is built around the 90°E meridian. The 17.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 70 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:10 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 33m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 42m. The swing between them is 51 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 Diego Garcia the sun comes up earliest on 13 November at 06:42, while the latest sunset waits until 1 February at 19:36. 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 Diego Garcia 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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory is Indian/Chagos with a current UTC offset of UTC+6.
Diego Garcia has an estimated population of 3K and is located at coordinates 7.31°S, 72.41°E. It is the capital city of British Indian Ocean Territory.
Diego Garcia gets 12h 33m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Diego Garcia falls at about 13:10 on UTC+6 standard time, because the city sits 17.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Archipelago Whose People Were Removed: The Chagossians were expelled between 1968 and 1973 to make way for a military base.