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Lae

UTC+10

Papua New Guinea · PGT

Dry season
10:45:33Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:24↓ 18:0624:00
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
18:06
Daylight
11.7hrs
Population
150K
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Lae, Papua New Guinea runs on UTC+10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 14-hour difference between Lae 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 9-hour difference between Lae and London. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 1-hour difference between Lae and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Lae lines up with 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Lae.

Practical Info

Lae (Papua New Guinea) is home to roughly 150K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 18:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 7° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Capital

Port Moresby

Continent

Oceania

Time Zone

PGT · Pacific/Port_Moresby

Coordinates

6.73°S, 146.99°E

Currency

PGK (K)

Calling Code

+675

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

English, Tok Pisin

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Where Amelia Earhart Took Off

Amelia Earhart left Lae on 2 July 1937 for Howland Island and was never seen again — the last confirmed departure point of her flight. The city is Papua New Guinea's main industrial port.

The clock: Lae keeps UTC+10. Its botanical gardens hold one of the largest orchid collections in the world, in a country with several thousand native species.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
LaeUTC+10
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824