Laos · ICT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Vientiane, Laos runs on UTC+7. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 11-hour difference between Vientiane 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 6-hour difference between Vientiane and London. 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 Vientiane lines up with 09:00–12:00 in London. There is a 2-hour difference between Vientiane and Tokyo. 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 Vientiane 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 Vientiane.
Practical Info
Vientiane (Laos) is home to roughly 950K people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 18:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+7 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Vientiane 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
ICT · Asia/Vientiane
Coordinates
17.97°N, 102.63°E
Currency
LAK (₭)
Calling Code
+856
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Lao
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Patuxai was built in the 1960s using concrete donated by the United States for an airport runway. Laos built a victory arch instead. A plaque inside describes it, with some accuracy, as a monster of concrete.
The clock: Vientiane keeps UTC+7 and is the closest capital in the world to another country's border — Thailand is a few hundred metres across the Mekong.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
5h overlap