Kiribati
Time now in Tarawa
Sunrise 06:27Sunset 06:36Time zone UTC +12
Time zone
Pacific/Tarawa
UTC offset
UTC +12
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
40,311
Sunrise
06:27
Sunset
06:36
Day length
12h 09m
Coordinates
1.33, 172.98
Time difference from Tarawa
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Tarawa right now.
Tarawa on the map
About the time in Tarawa
Tarawa runs on Pacific/Tarawa, which puts the city UTC +12 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 40,311 people live in Tarawa, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Clocks in Tarawa stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +12 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Kiribati.
Frequently asked questions about time in Tarawa
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Tarawa?
- Tarawa is UTC +12 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Tarawa change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Tarawa keeps UTC +12 throughout the year.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Pacific/Tarawa, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Tarawa right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Tarawa, updating every second from Pacific/Tarawa (UTC +12).
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