| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −5h | Becomes −6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −3h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +2h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +3h | Becomes +4h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −11h | Becomes −12h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −14h | Becomes −15h on 1 Nov |
Semarang, Indonesia runs on UTC+7. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Semarang and New York is 11 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 Semarang and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Semarang lines up with 09:00–12:00 in London. The time difference between Semarang 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: 09:00–16:00 in Semarang lines up with 11:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Semarang.
Semarang (Indonesia) is home to roughly 1.7M people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:23, sunset at 17:33. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 7° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Indonesia
Capital
Jakarta
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+7 · Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
6.97°S, 110.42°E
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Calling Code
+62
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Indonesian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Sam Poo Kong in Semarang honours Zheng He, the Ming admiral who was Muslim and whose fleet reached Java in the early 1400s. The temple is Chinese in form and is visited by Buddhists, Muslims and Christians alike.
The clock: Semarang keeps UTC+7. Parts of the old city are sinking at up to 10 cm a year, among the fastest subsidence rates in the world.
Semarang lies at 110.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+7, is built around the 105°E meridian. The 5.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 22 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:38 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+7 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 32m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 43m. The swing between them is 49 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 Semarang the sun comes up earliest on 13 November at 05:10, while the latest sunset waits until 2 February at 18:04. 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 Semarang 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 Semarang, Indonesia is Asia/Jakarta with a current UTC offset of UTC+7.
Semarang has an estimated population of 1.7M and is located at coordinates 6.97°S, 110.42°E.
Semarang gets 12h 32m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 43m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Semarang falls at about 11:38 on UTC+7 standard time, because the city sits 5.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Chinese Temple for a Muslim Admiral: Sam Poo Kong in Semarang honours Zheng He, the Ming admiral who was Muslim and whose fleet reached Java in the early 1400s. The temple is Chinese in form and is visited by Buddhists, Muslims and Christians alike.