| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
Makassar, Indonesia runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Makassar and New York is 12 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 Makassar and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Makassar lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Makassar and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Makassar lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Makassar.
Makassar (Indonesia) is home to roughly 1.4M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:47, sunset at 17:56. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 5° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Indonesia
Capital
Jakarta
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
Coordinates
5.15°S, 119.43°E
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Calling Code
+62
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Indonesian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The pinisi — a wooden schooner built without plans by Bugis and Konjo shipwrights of South Sulawesi — has been sailing from Makassar for centuries and was added to the UNESCO intangible heritage list in 2017.
The clock: Makassar keeps UTC+8, Indonesia's central zone. Fort Rotterdam here dates from 1545 and held the Javanese prince Diponegoro for over twenty years.
Makassar lies at 119.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°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+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 25m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 49m. The swing between them is 36 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 Makassar the sun comes up earliest on 10 November at 05:37, while the latest sunset waits until 5 February at 18:26. 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 Makassar 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 Makassar, Indonesia is Asia/Makassar with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Makassar has an estimated population of 1.4M and is located at coordinates 5.15°S, 119.43°E.
Makassar gets 12h 25m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 49m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Makassar falls at about 12:02 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 0.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Where the Ship Builders Are: The pinisi — a wooden schooner built without plans by Bugis and Konjo shipwrights of South Sulawesi — has been sailing from Makassar for centuries and was added to the UNESCO intangible heritage list in 2017.