| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −10h | Becomes −11h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −9h | Becomes −10h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −7h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −2h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | −1h | Becomes ±0h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −18h | Becomes −19h on 1 Nov |
Honiara, Solomon Islands runs on UTC+11. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+11 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Honiara and New York is 15 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 Honiara and London is 10 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 Honiara and Tokyo is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Honiara lines up with 09:00–16:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Nouméa, Port Vila, Palikir. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Honiara.
Honiara (Solomon Islands) is home to roughly 92K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:04, sunset at 18:15. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+11 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 9° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Solomon Islands
Capital
Honiara 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+11 · Pacific/Guadalcanal
Coordinates
9.43°S, 159.95°E
Currency
SBD ($)
Calling Code
+677
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Honiara became the Solomon Islands' capital in 1952 because the Second World War had left an airfield and infrastructure at Guadalcanal. The six-month campaign fought here in 1942–43 was one of the war's turning points.
The clock: Honiara keeps UTC+11. Iron Bottom Sound offshore holds dozens of sunken warships from that campaign.
Honiara lies at 160.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+11, is built around the 165°E meridian. The 5.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 20 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:20 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+11 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 40m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 34m. The swing between them is 1h 6m. 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 Honiara the sun comes up earliest on 16 November at 05:49, while the latest sunset waits until 29 January at 18:49. 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 Honiara 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 Honiara, Solomon Islands is Pacific/Guadalcanal with a current UTC offset of UTC+11.
Honiara has an estimated population of 92K and is located at coordinates 9.43°S, 159.95°E. It is the capital city of Solomon Islands.
Honiara gets 12h 40m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 34m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Honiara falls at about 12:20 on UTC+11 standard time, because the city sits 5.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Built on a Battlefield: Honiara became the Solomon Islands' capital in 1952 because the Second World War had left an airfield and infrastructure at Guadalcanal. The six-month campaign fought here in 1942–43 was one of the war's turning points.