PapeeteFrench Polynesia
Current time in Papeete, French Polynesia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Tahiti TimeUTC-10:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPapeete time at a glance
- Country
- French Polynesia
- Location
- Capital city of French Polynesia
- Time zone
Pacific/Tahiti- UTC offset now
UTC-10:00- Current zone label
- GMT-10
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Papeete time guide
Does Papeete change its clocks?
UTC-10:00.- Year-round offset
- Tahiti Time (TAHT), UTC-10:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Tahiti
- Papeete and London
- 10 hours behind during GMT; 11 hours behind during BST
- Papeete and New York
- 5 hours behind during EST; 6 hours behind during EDT
Commune and Tahiti urban area
Papeete is one commune within a larger conurbation
French Polynesia's authenticated 2022 census counted 26,654 municipal residents in Papeete. The Tahiti urban area also includes communes such as Faaa, Pirae and Punaauia and therefore has a much larger population.
Time-zone identity for Papeete
- IANA zone
Pacific/Tahiti- 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.
Papeete is currently 10 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Papeete
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 Papeete
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Tahiti, 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 Papeete, capital of French Polynesia
Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of French Polynesia
- Administrative area
- Îles du Vent, French Polynesia
- Population
- 26,357
- Coordinates
- 17.5347° S, 149.5684° W. The elevation is 42 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Papeete
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Papeete. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- FaaaÎles du Vent, French Polynesia4.6 km southwest
Pacific/TahitiSame local time - PunaauiaÎles du Vent, French Polynesia11 km south
Pacific/TahitiSame local time - AvaruaRarotonga, Cook Islands1,146 km southwest
Pacific/RarotongaSame local time - AlofiNiue2,154 km west
Pacific/Niue1 hour behind - AdamstownPitcairn2,181 km southeast
Pacific/Pitcairn2 hours ahead - Pago PagoEastern District, American Samoa2,288 km west
Pacific/Pago_Pago1 hour behind
Sources for Papeete 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.
- Legal population figures 2022Institute of Statistics of French Polynesia (ISPF) · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial municipal, separately counted and total population for Papeete.