| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −10h | Becomes −11h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −9h | Becomes −10h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −7h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −2h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | −1h | Becomes ±0h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −18h | Becomes −19h on 1 Nov |
Port Vila, Vanuatu runs on UTC+11. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+11 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Port Vila and New York is 15 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 Port Vila and London is 10 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 Port Vila and Tokyo is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Port Vila lines up with 09:00–16:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Nouméa, Honiara, Palikir. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Port Vila.
Port Vila (Vanuatu) is home to roughly 51K people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:29, sunset at 17:43. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+11 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 18° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Vanuatu
Capital
Port Vila 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
Coordinates
17.73°S, 168.32°E
Currency
VUV (VT)
Calling Code
+678
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Bislama, English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Vanuatu has repeatedly ranked first in the world on natural disaster risk indices, sitting on the Ring of Fire in the cyclone belt with active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. It also once topped the Happy Planet Index.
The clock: Port Vila keeps UTC+11. On Pentecost island, land diving — jumping from a wooden tower with vines tied to the ankles — predates bungee jumping by centuries and inspired it.
Port Vila lies at 168.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+11, is built around the 165°E meridian. The 3.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 13 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:47 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+11 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 4m. The swing between them is 2h 8m. 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 Port Vila the sun comes up earliest on 25 November at 05:03, while the latest sunset waits until 20 January at 18:28. 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 Port Vila 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 Port Vila, Vanuatu is Pacific/Efate with a current UTC offset of UTC+11.
Port Vila has an estimated population of 51K and is located at coordinates 17.73°S, 168.32°E. It is the capital city of Vanuatu.
Port Vila gets 13h 11m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 4m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Port Vila falls at about 11:47 on UTC+11 standard time, because the city sits 3.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Most Disaster-Prone Country: Vanuatu has repeatedly ranked first in the world on natural disaster risk indices, sitting on the Ring of Fire in the cyclone belt with active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.