Local time · Tarawa
What time is it in Tarawa?
9:49:17PM
Friday, November 13, 2026 in Tarawa, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands). UTC+12:00.
- UTC offset
- UTC+12:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Versus Tarawa
- Same time
- Versus New York
- 17 hours ahead
Around the world
Why Tarawa has its own time
Kiribati spans 3 time zones, so the answer depends on where in it you mean. Tarawa covers Gilbert Islands and is on the same clock as Tarawa, though the two are separate zones in the IANA database and can diverge when daylight saving rules differ.
Tarawa does not observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC never moves. Its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead.
The other zones in Kiribati
- Tarawa — here9:49 pm · UTC+12:00
- Kanton10:49 pm · UTC+13:00
- Kiritimati11:49 pm · UTC+14:00