| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −13h | Becomes −14h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −12h | Becomes −13h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −10h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −5h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | −4h | Becomes −3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −18h | Becomes −19h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −21h | Becomes −22h on 1 Nov |
Kiritimati, Kiribati runs on UTC+14. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+14 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Kiritimati and New York is 18 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Kiritimati lines up with 15:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Kiritimati and London is 13 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 Kiritimati and Tokyo is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Kiritimati lines up with 09:00–13:00 in Tokyo. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kiritimati.
Kiritimati (Kiribati) is home to roughly 7K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:16, sunset at 18:22. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+14 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 2° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Kiribati
Capital
Tarawa
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+14 · Pacific/Kiritimati
Coordinates
1.87°N, 157.43°W
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+686
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, Gilbertese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kiribati moved the date line east in 1995 so the whole country would share a date, putting Kiritimati at UTC+14 — the earliest clock on Earth. It is the first inhabited place to reach each new day.
The clock: at UTC+14, Kiritimati is 26 hours ahead of Baker Island at UTC−12, which is the widest the world's clocks ever get.
Kiritimati lies at 157.4°W. Its time zone, UTC+14, is built around the 150°W meridian. The 7.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 30 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:30 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+14 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 14m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 12h 1m. The swing between them is 13 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 Kiritimati the sun comes up earliest on 29 October at 06:12, while the latest sunset waits until 17 February at 18:46. 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 Kiritimati 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 Kiritimati, Kiribati is Pacific/Kiritimati with a current UTC offset of UTC+14.
Kiritimati has an estimated population of 7K and is located at coordinates 1.87°N, 157.43°W.
Kiritimati gets 12h 14m of daylight on its longest day and 12h 1m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kiritimati falls at about 12:30 on UTC+14 standard time, because the city sits 7.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The First Place to See the New Year: Kiribati moved the date line east in 1995 so the whole country would share a date, putting Kiritimati at UTC+14 — the earliest clock on Earth. It is the first inhabited place to reach each new day.