| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +11h | Becomes +10h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +12h | Becomes +11h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +14h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +19h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +20h | Becomes +21h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +6h | Becomes +5h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | +3h | Becomes +2h on 1 Nov |
Papeete, French Polynesia runs on UTC−10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−10 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Papeete and New York is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Papeete lines up with 15:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Papeete and London is 11 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Papeete and Tokyo is 19 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Papeete lines up with 09:00–13:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Honolulu, Avarua, Bora Bora. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Papeete.
Papeete (French Polynesia) is home to roughly 136K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:41, sunset at 17:55. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 18° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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French Polynesia
Capital
Papeete 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC−10 · Pacific/Tahiti
Coordinates
17.54°S, 149.57°W
Currency
XPF (F)
Calling Code
+689
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
French, Tahitian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
French Polynesia's 118 islands are scattered across roughly 2.5 million square kilometres of ocean — an area comparable to Western Europe — with a total land area of about 3,500 square kilometres.
The clock: Papeete keeps UTC−10, eleven hours behind Paris, which governs it (twelve in the European summer). The Marquesas within the same territory keep UTC−9:30, a half-hour offset.
Papeete lies at 149.6°W. Its time zone, UTC−10, is built around the 150°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:58, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC−10 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 11m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 5m. The swing between them is 2h 6m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Papeete the sun comes up earliest on 25 November at 05:14, while the latest sunset waits until 20 January at 18:39. 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 Papeete that civil twilight runs about 22 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 Papeete, French Polynesia is Pacific/Tahiti with a current UTC offset of UTC−10.
Papeete has an estimated population of 136K and is located at coordinates 17.54°S, 149.57°W. It is the capital city of French Polynesia.
Papeete gets 13h 11m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 5m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Papeete falls at about 11:58 on UTC−10 standard time, because the city sits 0.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Ocean Territory the Size of Europe: French Polynesia's 118 islands are scattered across roughly 2.5 million square kilometres of ocean — an area comparable to Western Europe — with a total land area of about 3,500 square kilometres.