Papua New Guinea
Time now in Lae
Sunrise 06:18Sunset 06:13Time zone UTC +10
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
UTC offset
UTC +10
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
119,178
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
06:13
Day length
11h 55m
Coordinates
-6.50, 146.83
Time difference from Lae
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Lae right now.
Lae on the map
About the time in Lae
Lae runs on Pacific/Port_Moresby, which puts the city UTC +10 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 119,178 people live in Lae, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Lae day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 23:00–07:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lae
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lae?
- Lae is UTC +10 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Lae change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Lae keeps UTC +10 throughout the year.
- Which time zone is Lae in?
- Lae uses Pacific/Port_Moresby, currently UTC +10.
- What time is it in Lae right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lae, updating every second from Pacific/Port_Moresby (UTC +10).
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