Thailand · ICT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Hat Yai, Thailand runs on UTC+7. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 11-hour difference between Hat Yai and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 6-hour difference between Hat Yai and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Hat Yai lines up with 09:00–12:00 in London. There is a 2-hour difference between Hat Yai and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Hat Yai lines up with 11:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Hat Yai.
Practical Info
Hat Yai (Thailand) is home to roughly 160K people. Today brings about 12.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Thailand
Capital
Bangkok
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
ICT · Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
7.01°N, 100.47°E
Currency
THB (฿)
Calling Code
+66
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Thai
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Hat Yai draws several million Malaysian and Singaporean visitors a year — the Malaysian border is about 50 km away — which makes it Thailand's largest city that is not a provincial capital by name recognition.
The clock: Hat Yai keeps UTC+7 and Malaysia keeps UTC+8, so crossing the border here means losing an hour over a distance of 50 km.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
5h overlap