| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −12h | Becomes −13h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −11h | Becomes −12h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −9h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −4h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | −3h | Becomes −2h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −17h | Becomes −18h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −20h | Becomes −21h on 1 Nov |
Kanton, Kiribati runs on UTC+13. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+13 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Kanton and New York is 17 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Kanton lines up with 16:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Kanton and London is 12 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 Kanton and Tokyo is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 13:00–18:00 in Kanton lines up with 09:00–14:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Apia, Nuku'alofa, Neiafu. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kanton.
Kanton (Kiribati) is home to roughly 40 people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 18:20. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+13 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Kiribati
Capital
Tarawa
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+13 · Pacific/Kanton
Coordinates
2.81°S, 171.68°W
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+686
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Gilbertese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kiribati straddles the date line, and until 1995 its eastern islands were a full day behind its capital. The government moved the line east around the whole country, creating the UTC+14 zone — the earliest on Earth.
The clock: Kanton keeps UTC+13. Kiribati's territory spans about 3.5 million square kilometres of ocean and 811 square kilometres of land.
Kanton lies at 171.7°W. Its time zone, UTC+13, is built around the 165°W meridian. The 6.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 27 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:27 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+13 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 17m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 58m. The swing between them is 20 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 Kanton the sun comes up earliest on 7 November at 06:04, while the latest sunset waits until 8 February at 18:47. 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 Kanton 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 Kanton, Kiribati is Pacific/Kanton with a current UTC offset of UTC+13.
Kanton has an estimated population of 40 and is located at coordinates 2.81°S, 171.68°W.
Kanton gets 12h 17m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 58m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kanton falls at about 12:27 on UTC+13 standard time, because the city sits 6.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Country That Moved the Date Line: Kiribati straddles the date line, and until 1995 its eastern islands were a full day behind its capital. The government moved the line east around the whole country, creating the UTC+14 zone — the earliest on Earth.