Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea
Current time in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Friday, 25 September 2026
Papua New Guinea TimeUTC+10:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPort Moresby time at a glance
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Location
- Capital city of Papua New Guinea
- Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby- UTC offset now
UTC+10:00- Current zone label
- GMT+10
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Port Moresby time guide
Does Port Moresby change its clocks?
UTC+10:00.- Year-round offset
- Papua New Guinea Time (PGT), UTC+10:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Port Moresby and London
- 10 hours ahead during GMT; 9 hours ahead during BST
- Port Moresby and New York
- 15 hours ahead during EST; 14 hours ahead during EDT
City and National Capital District
Official estimates use the capital district boundary
Papua New Guinea's National Statistical Office estimated 513,918 residents in the National Capital District, divided among Moresby North West, North East and South. That district is the standard official capital geography.
Time-zone identity for Port Moresby
- 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.
Port Moresby is currently 10 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Port Moresby
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 Port Moresby
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.
Capital city context
About Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Papua New Guinea
- Administrative area
- National Capital, Papua New Guinea
- Population
- 283,733
- Coordinates
- 9.4772° S, 147.1509° E. The elevation is 25 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Port Moresby
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Port Moresby. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- PopondettaOro Province, Papua New Guinea143 km northeast
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - BuloloMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea259 km north
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - LaeMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea307 km north
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - GorokaEastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea424 km northwest
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - DaruWestern Province, Papua New Guinea435 km west
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time - MadangMadang Province, Papua New Guinea497 km north
Pacific/Port_MoresbySame local time
Sources for Port Moresby 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.
- National Capital District Population Estimate ResultsNational Statistical Office Papua New Guinea · 2021 population estimate · AccessedOfficial district and ward-level population estimates.