Current time in Macau

07:10

Friday, 17 July 2026

Macau, Macao · Asia/Macau · UTC+08:00

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Time-zone identity for Macau

IANA zone: Asia/Macau
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.

Macau is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Macau

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Macau

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Macau, 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 Macau

Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Macau local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise: 05:52
Sunset: 19:12
Solar noon: 12:32
Civil twilight: 05:27–19:37

Moon

Moonrise: 08:38
Moonset: 21:34
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 10%

Capital city context

About Macau, capital of Macao

Macau is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Macao. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.

Capital status: Capital of Macao
Administrative area: Macao
Population: 649,335
Coordinates: 22.2006° N, 113.5461° E. The elevation is 28 metres.

Country context

Macao SAR China at a glance

Country information for Macao SAR China. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital: Macau is the listed capital.
Country codes: MO · MAC · 446
Population: 631,636
Currency: Macanese Pataca (MOP)
Calling code: +853
Languages: Chinese, Chinese (Macao SAR China), and Portuguese
Time zones represented: 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Asia/Macau.

Nearby city clocks

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Macau. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for Asia/Macau 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 1821274 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:10:51.800Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:10:51.823Z

View calculation details and sources

GeoNames cities15000
GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-07-15
Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
IANA Time Zone Database
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed 2026-07-15
Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed 2026-07-15
English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed 2026-07-16
Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.