Nuku‘alofaTonga
Current time in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Friday, 25 September 2026
Tonga Standard TimeUTC+13:00
⛶ Full-screen clockNuku‘alofa time at a glance
- Country
- Tonga
- Location
- Capital city of Tonga
- Time zone
Pacific/Tongatapu- UTC offset now
UTC+13:00- Current zone label
- GMT+13
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Nuku'alofa time guide
Does Nuku'alofa change its clocks?
UTC+13:00.- Year-round offset
- Tonga Time (TOT), UTC+13:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Tongatapu
- Nuku'alofa and London
- 13 hours ahead during GMT; 12 hours ahead during BST
- Nuku'alofa and New York
- 18 hours ahead during EST; 17 hours ahead during EDT
Capital district and Tongatapu
Nuku'alofa is not all of Tongatapu
Tonga's 2021 census counted 74,320 residents across Tongatapu. The island division includes Nuku'alofa and many other communities, while census tables provide finer district and village results for the capital area.
Time-zone identity for Nuku‘alofa
- IANA zone
Pacific/Tongatapu- UTC offset now
- UTC+13:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+13
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Nuku‘alofa is currently 13 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Nuku‘alofa
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 Nuku‘alofa
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Tongatapu, 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 Nuku‘alofa, capital of Tonga
Nuku‘alofa is the capital of Tonga. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Tonga
- Administrative area
- Tongatapu, Tonga
- Population
- 22,400
- Coordinates
- 21.1368° S, 175.2011° W. The elevation is 1 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Nuku‘alofa
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Nuku‘alofa. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AlofiNiue598 km east
Pacific/Niue24 hours behind - SuvaCentral, Fiji746 km northwest
Pacific/Fiji1 hour behind - Mata-UtuUvea, Wallis and Futuna880 km north
Pacific/Wallis1 hour behind - ApiaTuamasaga, Samoa890 km northeast
Pacific/ApiaSame local time - Pago PagoEastern District, American Samoa899 km northeast
Pacific/Pago_Pago24 hours behind - FunafutiTuvalu1,526 km northwest
Pacific/Funafuti1 hour behind
Sources for Nuku‘alofa 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.
- Population and Housing Census 2021 tablesTonga Statistics Department · 2021 census · AccessedOfficial population tables by division, district and village.