PalikirMicronesia
Current time in Palikir, Micronesia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Pohnpei TimeUTC+11:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPalikir time at a glance
- Country
- Micronesia
- Location
- Capital city of Micronesia
- Time zone
Pacific/Pohnpei- UTC offset now
UTC+11:00- Current zone label
- GMT+11
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Palikir time guide
Does Palikir change its clocks?
UTC+11:00.- Year-round offset
- Pohnpei Time, UTC+11:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Pohnpei
- Palikir and London
- 11 hours ahead during GMT; 10 hours ahead during BST
- Palikir and New York
- 16 hours ahead of EST; 15 hours ahead of EDT
Capital complex, municipality and state
Pohnpei totals are much wider than Palikir
FSM Statistics publishes 2023 census tables for Pohnpei State. Palikir is the national capital complex within Sokehs municipality, so neither the Pohnpei state total nor the municipal total is a direct population count for the capital settlement.
Time-zone identity for Palikir
- IANA zone
Pacific/Pohnpei- UTC offset now
- UTC+11:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+11
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Palikir is currently 11 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Palikir
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 Palikir
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Pohnpei, 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 Palikir, capital of Micronesia
Palikir is the capital of Micronesia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Micronesia
- Administrative area
- Pohnpei State, Micronesia
- Population
- 6,942
- Coordinates
- 6.9248° N, 158.1611° E. The elevation is 90 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Palikir
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Palikir. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- YarenYaren District, Nauru1,279 km southeast
Pacific/Nauru1 hour ahead - MajuroMajuro Atoll, Marshall Islands1,459 km east
Pacific/Majuro1 hour ahead - SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands1,637 km northwest
Pacific/Saipan1 hour behind - HagåtñaGuam1,638 km northwest
Pacific/Guam1 hour behind - TarawaGilbert Islands, Kiribati1,756 km east
Pacific/Tarawa1 hour ahead - HoniaraSolomon Islands1,830 km south
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time
Sources for Palikir 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.
- Pohnpei State statistics and 2023 census tablesFederated States of Micronesia Division of Statistics · 2023 population census tables · AccessedOfficial state census resources covering the geography containing Palikir.