| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −11h | Becomes −12h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −10h | Becomes −11h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −8h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −3h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | −2h | Becomes −1h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −16h | Becomes −17h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −19h | Becomes −20h on 1 Nov |
Funafuti, Tuvalu runs on UTC+12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+12 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Funafuti and New York is 16 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Funafuti lines up with 17:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Funafuti 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 Funafuti 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: 12:00–18:00 in Funafuti lines up with 09:00–15:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Tarawa, Suva, Nadi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Funafuti.
Funafuti (Tuvalu) is home to roughly 6K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 17:58. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+12 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 9° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Tuvalu
Capital
Funafuti 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+12 · Pacific/Funafuti
Coordinates
8.52°S, 179.20°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+688
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Tuvaluan, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tuvalu's highest point is about 4.6 metres above sea level, and the country has begun creating a digital copy of itself — territory, archives, culture — in anticipation of becoming uninhabitable. It also earns a large share of national revenue from its .tv internet domain.
The clock: Funafuti keeps UTC+12 on an atoll whose airstrip doubles as the town's main open space between flights.
Funafuti lies at 180.8°W. Its time zone, UTC+12, is built around the 180°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:03, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+12 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 37m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 38m. The swing between them is 1h. 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 Funafuti the sun comes up earliest on 15 November at 05:33, while the latest sunset waits until 31 January at 18:31. 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 Funafuti 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 Funafuti, Tuvalu is Pacific/Funafuti with a current UTC offset of UTC+12.
Funafuti has an estimated population of 6K and is located at coordinates 8.52°S, 179.20°E. It is the capital city of Tuvalu.
Funafuti gets 12h 37m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 38m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Funafuti falls at about 12:03 on UTC+12 standard time, because the city sits 0.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Country Buying a Backup: Tuvalu's highest point is about 4.6 metres above sea level, and the country has begun creating a digital copy of itself — territory, archives, culture — in anticipation of becoming uninhabitable.