What time is it in Kailua, Hawaii?
2:54:54 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, UTC−10:00.
- Time zone
- Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−10:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Population
- 40,514
Kailua does not change its clocks
Kailua stays on Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time all year and does not move its clocks. Its offset from UTC never changes, so its relationship to the rest of the country shifts twice a year instead.
Kailua sits at 21.40°N, 157.74°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Kailua.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Kailua it is highest at 12:22 pm today — 22 minutes after clock noon.
At 157.7°W, Kailua sits comfortably inside its zone.
Daylight in Kailua today
- Sunrise
- 6:20 am
- Sunset
- 6:24 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 4 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 26 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 4 minutes in Kailua, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 2 hours 37 minutes, from 13 hours 26 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 50 minutes in December.
At 21.4°N that puts Kailua among the least seasonal places in the country, where the year barely opens and closes at all.