Papua New Guinea · PGT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Port Moresby, 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 Port Moresby 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 Port Moresby 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 Port Moresby 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 Port Moresby 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 Port Moresby.
Practical Info
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) is home to roughly 383K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 18:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 9° 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
9.44°S, 147.18°E
Currency
PGK (K)
Calling Code
+675
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Tok Pisin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Papua New Guinea has around 840 living languages, roughly 12% of the world's total, in a country of about ten million people. Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is what holds it together.
The clock: Port Moresby keeps UTC+10. The country's Bougainville region keeps UTC+11, an hour ahead.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap