| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −5:30 | Becomes −6:30 on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −4:30 | Becomes −5:30 on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −2:30 | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +2:30 | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +3:30 | Becomes +4:30 on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −10:30 | Becomes −11:30 on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −13:30 | Becomes −14:30 on 1 Nov |
West Island, Cocos Islands runs on UTC+6:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between West Island and New York is 10 hours and 30 minutes. 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 West Island and London is 5 hours and 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours and 30 minutes a day with London. A good time to connect: 14:30–18:00 in West Island lines up with 09:00–12:30 in London. The time difference between West Island and Tokyo is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours and 30 minutes a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–15:30 in West Island lines up with 11:30–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from West Island.
West Island (Cocos Islands) is home to roughly 200 people. Today brings about 12.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:46, sunset at 17:58. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 12° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Cocos Islands
Capital
West Island 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+6:30 · Indian/Cocos
Coordinates
12.16°S, 96.83°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Malay
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Darwin visited the Cocos Islands in 1836 and used them to formulate his theory that atolls form as coral grows upward while a volcanic island subsides beneath it. Deep drilling a century later confirmed him.
The clock: West Island keeps UTC+6:30, one of the rarest offsets in use — shared with Myanmar and almost nowhere else.
West Island lies at 96.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+6:30, is built around the 97.5°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:03, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+6:30 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 25m. The swing between them is 1h 26m. 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 West Island the sun comes up earliest on 19 November at 05:27, while the latest sunset waits until 26 January at 18:35. 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 West Island 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 West Island, Cocos Islands is Indian/Cocos with a current UTC offset of UTC+6:30.
West Island has an estimated population of 200 and is located at coordinates 12.16°S, 96.83°E. It is the capital city of Cocos Islands.
West Island gets 12h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in West Island falls at about 12:03 on UTC+6:30 standard time, because the city sits 0.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Where Darwin Worked Out Atolls: Darwin visited the Cocos Islands in 1836 and used them to formulate his theory that atolls form as coral grows upward while a volcanic island subsides beneath it. Deep drilling a century later confirmed him.