Papeete is located in French Polynesia and uses the Pacific/Tahiti timezone, currently GMT-10 from UTC. Papeete does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:01 and sunset at 18:25 local time. The coordinates of Papeete are 17.53°S, 149.57°W.

Today Papeete gets 13 hours 24 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:43, about 17 minutes before clock noon.

Right now Papeete shares its GMT-10 offset with Honolulu. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Papeete from…

From	Gap	Call at (Papeete time)
🇺🇸 Honolulu	same time	14:00–14:00
🇼🇸 Apia	+23h	14:00–14:00
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa	+23h	14:00–14:00
🇵🇬 Port Moresby	+20h	14:00–14:00
🇬🇧 London	+10h	07:00–10:00 (early or late for one side)
🇺🇸 New York	+6h	09:00–11:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+18h	15:00–17:00
🇦🇪 Dubai	+14h	17:00–20:00 (early or late for one side)

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Papeete in?›

Papeete is in the Pacific/Tahiti timezone, currently GMT-10.

Does Papeete observe daylight saving time?›

No. Papeete does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT-10.

What is the UTC offset for Papeete?›

Papeete is currently GMT-10 from UTC (GMT-10).

Is Papeete ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Papeete is 10 hours behind London and 6 hours behind New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Papeete in UTC?›

09:00 in Papeete is 19:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-10 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Papeete today?›

Today the sun rises in Papeete at 05:01 and sets at 18:25 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.