Jakarta Time Now

What this page shows

So you want to know what time it is in Jakarta right now. Maybe you have a call with someone in Indonesia, a flight to catch, a match kicking off on local time, or someone to reach before their evening is over. That is what the clock at the top of this page is for. It shows the current time in Jakarta and ticks forward every second, so there is nothing for you to work out by hand.

Wherever in the world you are reading this from, the clock tracks Jakarta and keeps itself right on its own. And Jakarta time is simple, because it never changes through the year, as the next section explains.

Jakarta does not change its clocks

Here is the part worth knowing about Jakarta time, and it makes things easy. Indonesia does not use daylight saving. There is no spring forward and no fall back, so Jakarta stays on the same clock all year round, Western Indonesian Time, seven hours ahead of UTC.

Sitting right on the equator, Indonesia has little reason to shift its clocks for the seasons, since the daylight barely changes through the year. So there are no change dates to track here. Whenever you look, Jakarta is at UTC plus 7, and the clock above simply shows that time.

What time zone Jakarta is in

Jakarta runs on Western Indonesian Time, seven hours ahead of UTC, held every day of the year. The name carries a clue: Indonesia is wide enough to need more than one zone, and Jakarta sits in the westernmost of three.

The country stretches a long way east across the islands, through three time zones in all. Jakarta and the populous islands of Java and Sumatra keep Western Indonesian Time at UTC plus 7. Further east, Bali and the central islands run an hour ahead at UTC plus 8, and the far eastern provinces another hour ahead again at UTC plus 9. So while this clock covers the part of Indonesia where most people live, it is only the western third of a country that spans a full three hours from end to end.

Time difference from Jakarta to other cities

Jakarta never changes its clocks, so the gap to other fixed-offset places stays the same all year. The places that do use daylight saving, like London and New York, shift by an hour against Jakarta between their winter and summer. Here is the quick reference, assuming it is 12 noon in Jakarta.

A few quick examples

Let us run a few, so you can see how this works.

Say it is 12 noon in Jakarta. Singapore and Hong Kong are an hour ahead at 1 in the afternoon, and Tokyo is two hours ahead at 2 in the afternoon. Mumbai is an hour and a half behind at 10:30 in the morning.

Now the long hauls west. In the winter, London is seven hours behind Jakarta, so 12 noon here is 5 in the morning in London, and New York, twelve hours behind, is right at midnight. Midday in Jakarta lands in the small hours across Europe and the Americas.

Because those places use daylight saving and Indonesia does not, the gap shifts by an hour in their summer. London moves to six hours behind and New York to eleven. So for a call that has to land just right, check the live clock rather than the rule of thumb.

A couple of things about Jakarta time

Jakarta sits just south of the equator, at about 6 degrees south, which gives it very even daylight. The length of the day barely moves through the year, holding close to twelve hours from one month to the next. What little change there is runs the opposite way to the northern hemisphere: the longest days come around December and the shortest around June, since Jakarta lies below the equator.

On the clock-against-sun question, Jakarta is a close match. Western Indonesian Time fits the 105 degree east line, and Jakarta sits almost on it, so the sun reaches its highest within a few minutes of 12 noon by the clock. That makes it one of the better-aligned clocks of this part of Asia, and a steady one, since it never shifts.

Other places on the same time

A few places keep the same time as Jakarta on UTC plus 7. Here are some to jump to:

• Bangkok time now, also UTC plus 7
• Thailand time now, also UTC plus 7
• Singapore time now, an hour ahead

And if it is the global reference Jakarta is measured from that you are after, see UTC Time Now.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Jakarta right now?

The clock near the top of this page is the answer, and it updates every second. Indonesia does not use daylight saving, so Jakarta stays on the same time all year, and the time shown is always correct.

Does Jakarta change its clocks for daylight saving?

No. Sitting on the equator, where daylight barely changes, Indonesia has no need to, and Jakarta keeps Western Indonesian Time, UTC plus 7, all year with no seasonal change.

Does all of Indonesia have the same time as Jakarta?

No. Indonesia spans three time zones. Jakarta, Java, and Sumatra are on UTC plus 7, the central islands including Bali on UTC plus 8, and the far eastern provinces on UTC plus 9.

What time zone is Jakarta in?

Western Indonesian Time, seven hours ahead of UTC, held all year. It is the westernmost of Indonesia's three zones, and the same offset as Bangkok.

What is the time difference between Jakarta and New York?

New York is normally twelve hours behind Jakarta, or eleven when New York is on summer time. The gap shifts because New York uses daylight saving and Indonesia does not.

What is the IANA name for Jakarta time?

It is Asia/Jakarta in the IANA time zone database, the time data your phone and your computer use. It holds a steady UTC plus 7, and it is what drives the live clock on this page.

References

1. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Time Zone Database (the tz database), home of the Asia/Jakarta identifier. https://www.iana.org/time-zones
2. Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG), Indonesia's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency, which disseminates Indonesian standard time. https://www.bmkg.go.id
3. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Time Department, which maintains Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the reference Western Indonesian Time is measured from. https://www.bipm.org/en/work-programme/time