Indonesia · WIT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Jayapura, Indonesia runs on UTC+9. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 13-hour difference between Jayapura 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 8-hour difference between Jayapura and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Jayapura lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Jayapura and Tokyo currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Jayapura lines up with 09:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Seoul, Pyongyang, Osaka. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Jayapura.
Practical Info
Jayapura (Indonesia) is home to roughly 400K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 17:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Indonesia
Capital
Jakarta
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
WIT · Asia/Jayapura
Coordinates
2.53°S, 140.72°E
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Calling Code
+62
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Indonesian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Jayapura sits about 50 km from the border with Papua New Guinea, and Lake Sentani beside it holds around 20 islands and a fish species found nowhere else. Douglas MacArthur ran his 1944 New Guinea campaign from a hill above the lake.
The clock: Jayapura keeps UTC+9, Indonesia's eastern zone — two hours ahead of Jakarta, in a country that spans about 5,100 km east to west.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap