Papua New Guinea · PGT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
2h overlap