| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −9h | Becomes −10h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −8h | Becomes −9h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −6h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | ±0h | Becomes +1h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −14h | Becomes −15h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −17h | Becomes −18h on 1 Nov |
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands runs on UTC+10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Saipan and New York is 14 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 Saipan and London is 9 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 Saipan 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: 10:00–18:00 in Saipan lines up with 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Saipan.
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) is home to roughly 48K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:07. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 15° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Northern Mariana Islands
Capital
Saipan 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+10 · Pacific/Saipan
Coordinates
15.18°N, 145.75°E
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, Chamorro
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
The Mariana Trench runs east of Saipan and reaches about 10,935 metres at Challenger Deep — deeper than Everest is tall. Only a small number of people have ever been to the bottom, the first two in 1960.
The clock: Saipan keeps UTC+10. The trench is a US national monument, protected since 2009.
Saipan lies at 145.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+10, is built around the 150°E meridian. The 4.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 17 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:17 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+10 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 2m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 14m. The swing between them is 1h 48m. 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 Saipan the sun comes up earliest on 3 June at 05:46, while the latest sunset waits until 10 July at 18:51. 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 Saipan 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 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands is Pacific/Saipan with a current UTC offset of UTC+10.
Saipan has an estimated population of 48K and is located at coordinates 15.18°N, 145.75°E. It is the capital city of Northern Mariana Islands.
Saipan gets 13h 2m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 14m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Saipan falls at about 12:17 on UTC+10 standard time, because the city sits 4.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Deepest Point on Earth, Offshore: The Mariana Trench runs east of Saipan and reaches about 10,935 metres at Challenger Deep — deeper than Everest is tall. Only a small number of people have ever been to the bottom, the first two in 1960.