VientianeLaos
Vientiane time at a glance
- Country
- Laos
- Location
- Capital city of Laos
- Time zone
Asia/Vientiane- UTC offset now
UTC+07:00- Current zone label
- GMT+7
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Vientiane time guide
Does Vientiane change its clocks?
UTC+07:00.- Year-round offset
- Indochina Time (ICT), UTC+07:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Vientiane
- Vientiane and London
- 7 hours ahead during GMT; 6 hours ahead during BST
- Vientiane and New York
- 12 hours ahead during EST; 11 hours ahead during EDT
Urban centre and prefecture
Vientiane Capital is a province-level unit
Lao official statistics distinguish Vientiane Capital, a prefecture-level administrative unit, from Vientiane Province. Population totals for the capital unit cover multiple districts and should not be treated as a compact city-centre count.
Time-zone identity for Vientiane
- IANA zone
Asia/Vientiane- UTC offset now
- UTC+07:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+7
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Vientiane is currently 7 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Vientiane
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 Vientiane
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Vientiane, 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 Vientiane, capital of Laos
Vientiane is the capital of Laos. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Laos
- Administrative area
- Vientiane Prefecture, Laos
- Population
- 840,940
- Coordinates
- 17.9667° N, 102.6000° E. The elevation is 174 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Vientiane
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Vientiane. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Vang ViengVientiane, Laos108 km north
Asia/VientianeSame local time - PakxanBolikhamsai, Laos122 km northeast
Asia/VientianeSame local time - BorikhanBolikhamsai, Laos136 km northeast
Asia/VientianeSame local time - Muang PhônsavanXiangkhoang, Laos176 km north
Asia/VientianeSame local time - Luang PrabangLuang Prabang Province, Laos219 km north
Asia/VientianeSame local time - ThakhèkKhammouane Province, Laos244 km east
Asia/VientianeSame local time
Sources for Vientiane 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.
- Lao Statistics Information ServiceLao Statistics Bureau · Official statistics portal · AccessedNational census and administrative population tables.