West IslandCocos Islands
Current time in West Island, Cocos Islands
Friday, 25 September 2026
Cocos Islands TimeUTC+06:30
⛶ Full-screen clockWest Island time at a glance
- Country
- Cocos Islands
- Location
- Capital city of Cocos Islands
- Time zone
Indian/Cocos- UTC offset now
UTC+06:30- Current zone label
- GMT+6:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
West Island time guide
Why is West Island on a 30-minute offset?
UTC+06:30.- Year-round offset
- UTC+06:30, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Indian/Cocos
- West Island and London
- 6 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT; 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of BST
- West Island and India
- 1 hour ahead throughout the year
Island and territory
West Island is one of two inhabited islands
Australian government census reporting counted approximately 147 people on West Island in 2021 and 448 on Home Island. The territory total of 593 covers the full Cocos (Keeling) Islands, not West Island alone.
Time-zone identity for West Island
- IANA zone
Indian/Cocos- UTC offset now
- UTC+06:30
- Current zone label
- GMT+6:30
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
West Island is currently 6 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in West Island
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for West Island
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Indian/Cocos, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About West Island, capital of Cocos Islands
West Island is the capital of Cocos Islands. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Cocos Islands
- Administrative area
- Cocos Islands
- Population
- 120
- Coordinates
- 12.1568° S, 96.8225° E. The elevation is 12 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near West Island
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from West Island. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Flying Fish CoveChristmas Island985 km east
Indian/Christmas30 minutes ahead - JakartaIndonesia1,283 km northeast
Asia/Jakarta30 minutes ahead - SingaporeSingapore1,685 km northeast
Asia/Singapore1 hour 30 minutes ahead - Kuala LumpurMalaysia1,784 km north
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur1 hour 30 minutes ahead - Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei-Muara District, Brunei2,758 km northeast
Asia/Brunei1 hour 30 minutes ahead - Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam2,775 km northeast
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh30 minutes ahead
Sources for West Island time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands census dataAustralian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts · 2021 Census summary published 2026 · AccessedOfficial island-level and territory-level population context for West Island.