SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands
Current time in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Friday, 25 September 2026
Chamorro Standard TimeUTC+10:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSaipan time at a glance
- Country
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Location
- Capital city of Northern Mariana Islands
- Time zone
Pacific/Saipan- UTC offset now
UTC+10:00- Current zone label
- GMT+10
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Saipan time guide
Does Saipan change its clocks?
UTC+10:00.- Year-round offset
- Chamorro Standard Time (ChST), UTC+10:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Saipan
- Saipan and London
- 10 hours ahead during GMT; 9 hours ahead during BST
- Saipan and New York
- 15 hours ahead during EST; 14 hours ahead during EDT
Island and municipality
Saipan is not the whole Northern Mariana Islands
The 2020 U.S. Census counted 43,385 people in Saipan municipality, compared with 47,329 across the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Territory-wide totals include Rota, Tinian and the Northern Islands.
Time-zone identity for Saipan
- IANA zone
Pacific/Saipan- 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.
Saipan is currently 10 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Saipan
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 Saipan
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Saipan, 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 Saipan, capital of Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan is the capital of Northern Mariana Islands. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Northern Mariana Islands
- Administrative area
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Population
- 48,220
- Coordinates
- 15.2123° N, 145.7545° E. The elevation is 5 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Saipan
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Saipan. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- HagåtñaGuam221 km southwest
Pacific/GuamSame local time - NgerulmudMelekeok, Palau1,485 km southwest
Pacific/Palau1 hour behind - PalikirPohnpei State, Micronesia1,637 km southeast
Pacific/Pohnpei1 hour ahead - TokyoJapan2,355 km north
Asia/Tokyo1 hour behind - ManilaNational Capital Region, Philippines2,661 km west
Asia/Manila2 hours behind - Port MoresbyNational Capital, Papua New Guinea2,750 km south
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time
Sources for Saipan 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.
- 2020 Island Areas Census: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsUnited States Census Bureau · 2020 census · AccessedOfficial population tables for municipalities and villages.