Current time in the Pacific/Tongatapu time zone

Pacific/Tongatapu is an IANA time zone used in Tonga. It stays on UTC+13 all year.

Pacific/Tongatapu at a glance

How Pacific/Tongatapu keeps time

No clock changes are scheduled in Pacific/Tongatapu. The last one for daylight saving time was in 2017; since then the offset has been UTC+13 all year.

Recent and upcoming changes in Pacific/Tongatapu

Countries and cities on Pacific/Tongatapu

Pacific/Tongatapu is used in Tonga. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• Nuku'alofa

Pacific/Tongatapu 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.

Other zones on UTC+13 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Pacific/Tongatapu today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Pacific/Apia
• Pacific/Auckland
• Pacific/Kanton
• Pacific/Fakaofo

Using Pacific/Tongatapu in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Pacific/Tongatapu, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+13 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Pacific/Tongatapu:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Tongatapu', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Pacific/Tongatapu'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Tongatapu')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Pacific/Tongatapu date

Tools for time in Pacific/Tongatapu

• Convert a time to or from Pacific/Tongatapu: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Nuku'alofa to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Pacific/Tongatapu and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

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.