Current time in Lae
Friday, 17 July 2026
Lae, Papua New Guinea · Pacific/Port_Moresby · UTC+10:00
Time-zone identity for Lae
- IANA zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby- 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.
Lae is currently 10 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Lae
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Lae
Conditions near Lae and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 24°C
- Humidity
- 75%
- Wind
- 4.7 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby22°C to 27°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.8 km/h
- Light rain shower23°C to 26°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.1 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby22°C to 26°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 14 km/h
Forecast valid from 10:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T00:18:13.622Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T00:33:13.622Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Lae
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Port_Moresby, 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 Lae
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Pacific/Port_Moresby local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:25
- Sunset
- 18:11
- Solar noon
- 12:18
- Civil twilight
- 06:03–18:34
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:45
- Moonset
- 20:58
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 10%
Location context
About Lae
Location details for Lae in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
- Administrative area
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Population
- 76,255
- Coordinates
- 6.7233° S, 146.9961° E. The elevation is 44 metres.
Country context
Papua New Guinea at a glance
Country information for Papua New Guinea. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Country codes
- PG · PNG · 598
- Population
- 8,606,316
- Currency
- Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
- Calling code
- +675
- Languages
- English (Papua New Guinea), Hiri Motu, meu, and Tok Pisin
- Time zones represented
- 2 time zones are used by cities in this directory: Pacific/Bougainville and Pacific/Port_Moresby.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Lae
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Lae. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BuloloMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea66 km southwest
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - GorokaEastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea191 km west
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - MadangMadang Province, Papua New Guinea214 km northwest
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - PopondettaOro Province, Papua New Guinea265 km southeast
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - Port MoresbyNational Capital, Papua New Guinea307 km south
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - Mount HagenWestern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea320 km west
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Pacific/Port_Moresby 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 2092740 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T00:18:13.600Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T00:18:13.622Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T00:18:13.621Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version 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.