Vientiane is located in Laos and uses the Asia/Vientiane timezone, currently GMT+7 from UTC. Vientiane does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:44 and sunset at 18:04 local time. The coordinates of Vientiane are 17.98°N, 102.63°E.

Today Vientiane gets 12 hours 20 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:54, almost exactly when the clock says midday.

Right now Vientiane shares its GMT+7 offset with Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Jakarta, Surabaya, Bangkok, Hanoi. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Vientiane from…

From	Gap	Call at (Vientiane time)
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇨🇳 Chengdu	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇷🇺 Irkutsk	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇹🇭 Bangkok	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	−7h	16:00–17:00
🇺🇸 New York	−11h	18:00–20:00 (early or late for one side)
🇸🇬 Singapore	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇦🇪 Dubai	−3h	12:00–17:00

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 Vientiane in?›

Vientiane is in the Asia/Vientiane timezone, currently GMT+7.

Does Vientiane observe daylight saving time?›

No. Vientiane does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+7.

What is the UTC offset for Vientiane?›

Vientiane is currently GMT+7 from UTC (GMT+7).

Is Vientiane ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Vientiane is 7 hours ahead of London and 11 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Vientiane in UTC?›

09:00 in Vientiane is 02:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+7 from UTC.

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

Today the sun rises in Vientiane at 05:44 and sets at 18:04 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.