Current time in Avarua
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Avarua, Cook Islands · Pacific/Rarotonga · UTC-10:00
Time-zone identity for Avarua
- IANA zone
Pacific/Rarotonga- UTC offset now
- UTC-10:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-10
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Avarua is currently 10 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Avarua
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Avarua
Conditions near Avarua and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 21°C
- Humidity
- 53%
- Wind
- 23.8 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Partly Cloudy20°C to 21°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 31.3 km/h
- Partly Cloudy20°C to 21°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 36.7 km/h
- Partly Cloudy20°C to 21°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 39.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 12:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:06:35.268Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:21:35.268Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Avarua
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Rarotonga, 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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Avarua
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in Pacific/Rarotonga local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 07:16
- Sunset
- 18:14
- Solar noon
- 12:45
- Civil twilight
- 06:52–18:38
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:19
- Moonset
- 21:06
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 9%
Capital city context
About Avarua, capital of Cook Islands
Avarua is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Cook Islands. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Cook Islands
- Administrative area
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Population
- 13,373
- Coordinates
- 21.2075° S, 159.7755° W. The elevation is 7 metres.
Country context
Cook Islands at a glance
Country information for Cook Islands. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Avarua is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- CK · COK · 184
- Population
- 21,388
- Currency
- New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
- Calling code
- +682
- Languages
- English (Cook Islands) and Māori
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Pacific/Rarotonga.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Avarua
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Avarua. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AlofiNiue1,086 km west
Pacific/Niue1 hour behind - PapeeteÎles du Vent, French Polynesia1,146 km east
Pacific/TahitiSame local time - Pago PagoEastern District, American Samoa1,389 km northwest
Pacific/Pago_Pago1 hour behind - ApiaTuamasaga, Samoa1,512 km northwest
Pacific/Apia23 hours ahead - Nuku‘alofaTongatapu, Tonga1,599 km west
Pacific/Tongatapu23 hours ahead - Mata-UtuUvea, Wallis and Futuna1,950 km northwest
Pacific/Wallis22 hours ahead
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Pacific/Rarotonga when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 4035715 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:06:35.169Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:06:35.268Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T10:40:49.609Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.