HoniaraSolomon Islands
Current time in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Friday, 25 September 2026
Solomon Islands TimeUTC+11:00
⛶ Full-screen clockHoniara time at a glance
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Location
- Capital city of Solomon Islands
- Time zone
Pacific/Guadalcanal- UTC offset now
UTC+11:00- Current zone label
- GMT+11
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Honiara time guide
Does Honiara change its clocks?
UTC+11:00.- Year-round offset
- Solomon Islands Time (SBT), UTC+11:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Guadalcanal
- Honiara and London
- 11 hours ahead during GMT; 10 hours ahead during BST
- Honiara and New York
- 16 hours ahead during EST; 15 hours ahead during EDT
Capital territory and urban area
Greater Honiara crosses its city boundary
The final analysis of Solomon Islands' 2019 census reported 169,721 people in the Honiara urban centre. That urban definition includes growth beyond the formal city boundary into adjoining Guadalcanal areas, so the geography should accompany the number.
Time-zone identity for Honiara
- IANA zone
Pacific/Guadalcanal- UTC offset now
- UTC+11:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+11
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Honiara is currently 11 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Honiara
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 Honiara
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Guadalcanal, 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 Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands
Honiara is the capital of Solomon Islands. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Solomon Islands
- Administrative area
- Solomon Islands
- Population
- 56,298
- Coordinates
- 9.4333° S, 159.9500° E. The elevation is 49 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Honiara
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Honiara. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Kola'aHoniara, Solomon Islands2.4 km east
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time - VuraHoniara, Solomon Islands4.4 km east
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time - PanatinaHoniara, Solomon Islands6.2 km east
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time - TandaiGuadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands1.6 km south
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time - NggosiGuadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands3.2 km west
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time - MalangoGuadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands11 km east
Pacific/GuadalcanalSame local time
Sources for Honiara 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.
- Rise in urbanization as growth in urban centers increaseSolomon Islands National Statistics Office · 2019 census final analysis · AccessedOfficial analysis of Honiara urban-centre population and boundary growth.