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Time in Cook Islands now

06:42:04AM

Friday, 27 February, 2026, week 9

International Polar Bear Day / Anosmia Awareness Day

Sun: ↑ 06:35AM ↓ 07:08PM (12h 33m) - More info - Make Cook Islands time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Cook Islands

UTC -10

Cook Island Time (CKT)
now 5 hours behind New York

The time in Cook Islands is 5 hours behind the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 6 hours behind the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Cook Islands has not had daylight saving time since 1991.
The IANA time zone identifier for Cook Islands is Pacific/Rarotonga.

Time difference
from Cook Islands

Los Angeles	+2 hours
Chicago	+4 hours
New York	+5 hours
Toronto	+5 hours
São Paulo	+7 hours
London	+10 hours
UTC	+10 hours
Lagos	+11 hours
Paris	+11 hours
Zurich	+11 hours
Cairo	+12 hours
Johannesburg	+12 hours
Istanbul	+13 hours
Moscow	+13 hours
Dubai	+14 hours
Mumbai	+15.5 hours
Hong Kong	+18 hours
Shanghai	+18 hours
Singapore	+18 hours
Tokyo	+19 hours
Sydney	+21 hours

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Cook Islands on the map

Continent: Oceania
Area: 240 km²
Capital: Avarua
Currency: Dollar (NZD)
Calling code: +682
Internet top level domain: .ck
Latitude: -21.25. Longitude: -159.79
Population: 21,000

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