Pacific/Noumea is an IANA time zone used in New Caledonia. It stays on UTC+11 all year.
Pacific/Noumea at a glance
| UTC offset now | UTC+11 |
|---|---|
| Standard time | UTC+11 |
| Used in | New Caledonia |
How Pacific/Noumea keeps time
No clock changes are scheduled in Pacific/Noumea. The last one for daylight saving time was in 1997; since then the offset has been UTC+11 all year.
Recent and upcoming changes in Pacific/Noumea
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, December 3, 1978 | Clocks go forward 1 hour: 12:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM | UTC+12 |
| Monday, February 26, 1979 | Clocks go back 1 hour: 12:00 AM becomes 11:00 PM | UTC+11 |
| Sunday, December 1, 1996 | Clocks go forward 1 hour: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM | UTC+12 |
| Sunday, March 2, 1997 | Clocks go back 1 hour for good: 3:00 AM becomes 2:00 AM | UTC+11 |
Countries and cities on Pacific/Noumea
Pacific/Noumea is used in New Caledonia. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.
Pacific/Noumea compared with other time zones
Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.
| City | Time now | Difference now | In January | In July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (United States) | --:-- | 16 h behind | 16 h behind | 15 h behind |
| Los Angeles (United States) | --:-- | 19 h behind | 19 h behind | 18 h behind |
| London (United Kingdom) | --:-- | 11 h behind | 11 h behind | 10 h behind |
| Paris (France) | --:-- | 10 h behind | 10 h behind | 9 h behind |
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | --:-- | 7 h behind | 7 h behind | 7 h behind |
| Mumbai (India) | --:-- | 5 h 30 min behind | 5 h 30 min behind | 5 h 30 min behind |
| Singapore | --:-- | 3 h behind | 3 h behind | 3 h behind |
| Tokyo (Japan) | --:-- | 2 h behind | 2 h behind | 2 h behind |
| Sydney (Australia) | --:-- | Same time | Same time | 1 h behind |
| UTC | --:-- | 11 h behind | 11 h behind | 11 h behind |
Other zones on UTC+11 right now
These IANA zones show the same time as Pacific/Noumea today. Their clock-change rules may differ.
- Asia/Sakhalin
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/Sydney
- Pacific/Efate
- Pacific/Guadalcanal
- Pacific/Pohnpei
- Australia/Lord_Howe
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Pacific/Kosrae
- Pacific/Bougainville
- Asia/Magadan
Using Pacific/Noumea in software
Use the zone name Pacific/Noumea rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.
Show the current time in Pacific/Noumea:
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Noumea', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Pacific/Noumea'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Noumea')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Pacific/Noumea datePlan around the time in Pacific/Noumea
- Convert a time to or from Pacific/Noumea: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
- Add Noumea to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
- Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Pacific/Noumea and the other cities you work with.
- Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the UTC offset of Pacific/Noumea?
UTC+11, all year.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.