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Time in Papua New Guinea now

07:25:46PM

Wednesday, 21 January, 2026, week 4

Papua New Guinea has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Port Moresby is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:10AM ↓ 06:37PM (12h 27m) - More info - Make Papua New Guinea time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Papua New Guinea

UTC +10

Papua New Guinea Time (PGT)
now 15 hours ahead of New York

The time in Papua New Guinea is 15 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 14 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Papua New Guinea does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Papua New Guinea is Pacific/Port_Moresby.

Time difference
from Papua New Guinea

Los Angeles	−18 hours	−18 hours
Chicago	−16 hours	−16 hours
New York	−15 hours	−15 hours
Toronto	−15 hours	−15 hours
São Paulo	−13 hours	−13 hours
London	−10 hours	−10 hours
UTC	−10 hours	−10 hours
Lagos	−9 hours	−9 hours
Paris	−9 hours	−9 hours
Zurich	−9 hours	−9 hours
Cairo	−8 hours	−8 hours
Johannesburg	−8 hours	−8 hours
Istanbul	−7 hours	−7 hours
Moscow	−7 hours	−7 hours
Dubai	−6 hours	−6 hours
Mumbai	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
Hong Kong	−2 hours	−2 hours
Shanghai	−2 hours	−2 hours
Singapore	−2 hours	−2 hours
Tokyo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Sydney	+1 hours

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Papua New Guinea on the map

Continent: Oceania
Area: 462,840 km²
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: Kina (PGK)
Calling code: +675
Internet top level domain: .pg
Latitude: -6.00. Longitude: 147.00
Population: 8,606,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Papua New Guinea 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 24 largest cities in
Papua New Guinea

Alotau Arawa Bulolo Daru Goroka Ialibu Kainantu Kavieng Kimbe Kiunga Kokoda Kokopo Kundiawa Lae Madang Mendi Mount Hagen Popondetta Port Moresby Rabaul Tari Vanimo Wau Wewak