General SantosPhilippines
Current time in General Santos, Philippines
Monday, 31 August 2026
Philippine Standard TimeUTC+08:00
⛶ Full-screen clockGeneral Santos time at a glance
- Country
- Philippines
- Location
- City in Soccsksargen
- Time zone
Asia/Manila- UTC offset now
UTC+08:00- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in General Santos
Conditions near General Santos and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Overcast
- Feels like
- 29°C
- Humidity
- 79%
- Wind
- 9.7 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Overcast26°C to 29°C48% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.9 km/h
- Sunny24°C to 29°C48% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.6 km/h
- Overcast25°C to 29°C38% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.9 km/h
Forecast valid from 21:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T13:26:15.130Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T13:41:15.130Z.
Time-zone identity for General Santos
- IANA zone
Asia/Manila- 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.
General Santos is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in General Santos
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for General Santos
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Manila, 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.
Location context
About General Santos
Location details for General Santos in Soccsksargen, Philippines.
- Administrative area
- Soccsksargen, Philippines
- Population
- 722,059
- Coordinates
- 6.1128° N, 125.1717° E. The elevation is 22 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near General Santos
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from General Santos. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AlabelSoccsksargen, Philippines13 km east
Asia/ManilaSame local time - PolomolokSoccsksargen, Philippines17 km northwest
Asia/ManilaSame local time - MalapatanSoccsksargen, Philippines21 km southeast
Asia/ManilaSame local time - MaluñgunSoccsksargen, Philippines22 km northeast
Asia/ManilaSame local time - GlanSoccsksargen, Philippines32 km south
Asia/ManilaSame local time - TupiSoccsksargen, Philippines35 km northwest
Asia/ManilaSame local time
Sources for General Santos 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · 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.