Current time in Nuku‘alofa
Friday, 17 July 2026
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · Pacific/Tongatapu · UTC+13:00
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, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Nuku‘alofa
Conditions near Nuku‘alofa and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly Cloudy
- Feels like
- 9°C
- Humidity
- 59%
- Wind
- 36 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Partly Cloudy20°C to 21°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 38.5 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby20°C to 21°C22% chance of precipitationWind up to 34.6 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby20°C to 21°C44% chance of precipitationWind up to 35.3 km/h
Forecast valid from 12:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:17:27.075Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:32:27.075Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Nuku‘alofa
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Pacific/Tongatapu local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 07:18
- Sunset
- 18:16
- Solar noon
- 12:47
- Civil twilight
- 06:54–18:40
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:23
- Moonset
- 21:10
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 9%
Capital city context
About Nuku‘alofa, capital of Tonga
Nuku‘alofa is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Tonga. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Tonga
- Administrative area
- Tongatapu, Tonga
- Population
- 22,400
- Coordinates
- 21.1368° S, 175.2011° W. The elevation is 1 metres.
Country context
Tonga at a glance
Country information for Tonga. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Nuku‘alofa is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- TO · TON · 776
- Population
- 103,197
- Currency
- Tongan Paʻanga (TOP)
- Calling code
- +676
- Languages
- Tongan and English (Tonga)
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Pacific/Tongatapu.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Pacific/Tongatapu 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 4032402 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:17:27.050Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:17:27.075Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:17:27.073Z
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.