Palau · PWT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Koror, Palau 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 Koror 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 Koror 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 Koror lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Koror 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 Koror 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 Koror.
Practical Info
Koror (Palau) is home to roughly 12K people. Today brings about 12.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Palau
Capital
Ngerulmud
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
PWT · Pacific/Palau
Coordinates
7.34°N, 134.48°E
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+680
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Palauan, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Jellyfish Lake in Palau holds millions of golden jellyfish that lost most of their sting after being isolated from the sea roughly 12,000 years ago. They migrate horizontally across the lake each day, following the sun.
The clock: Koror keeps UTC+9, the same as Tokyo. Palau declared the world's first shark sanctuary in 2009, covering its entire exclusive economic zone.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap