TarakanIndonesia
Current time in Tarakan, Indonesia
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Central Indonesia TimeUTC+08:00
⛶ Full-screen clockTarakan time at a glance
- Country
- Indonesia
- Location
- City in North Kalimantan
- Time zone
Asia/Makassar- UTC offset now
UTC+08:00- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Tarakan
Conditions near Tarakan and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 29°C
- Humidity
- 86%
- Wind
- 6.8 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 2.4 mm
3-day forecast
- Smoky haze26°C to 30°C69% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.3 km/h
- Smoky haze26°C to 31°C75% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.9 km/h
- Light rain shower26°C to 30°C75% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 04:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T20:25:15.618Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T20:40:15.618Z.
Time-zone identity for Tarakan
- IANA zone
Asia/Makassar- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Tarakan is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Tarakan
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Tuesday, 7 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Tarakan
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Makassar, 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.
Location context
About Tarakan
Location details for Tarakan in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Administrative area
- North Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Population
- 255,310
- Coordinates
- 3.3133° N, 117.5915° E. The elevation is 29 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Tarakan
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Tarakan. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Tanjung SelorNorth Kalimantan, Indonesia59 km southwest
Asia/MakassarSame local time - NunukanNorth Kalimantan, Indonesia92 km north
Asia/MakassarSame local time - MalinauNorth Kalimantan, Indonesia112 km west
Asia/MakassarSame local time - BontangEast Kalimantan, Indonesia354 km south
Asia/MakassarSame local time - SamarindaEast Kalimantan, Indonesia426 km south
Asia/MakassarSame local time - Loa JananEast Kalimantan, Indonesia437 km south
Asia/MakassarSame local time
Sources for Tarakan 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · 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.