| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −8h | Becomes −9h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −5h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | ±0h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +1h | Becomes +2h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −13h | Becomes −14h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −16h | Becomes −17h on 1 Nov |
Koror, Palau runs on UTC+9. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Koror and New York is 13 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 Koror and London is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour 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.
Koror (Palau) is home to roughly 12K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 17:53. 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.
Flag
Palau
Capital
Ngerulmud
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+9 · 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.
Koror lies at 134.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:02, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+9 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 33m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 42m. The swing between them is 51 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 Koror the sun comes up earliest on 27 May at 05:44, while the latest sunset waits until 17 July at 18:23. 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 Koror 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 Koror, Palau is Pacific/Palau with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Koror has an estimated population of 12K and is located at coordinates 7.34°N, 134.48°E.
Koror gets 12h 33m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Koror falls at about 12:02 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lake Full of Stingless Jellyfish: 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.