Places

What time is it there? Local time in any place

Search any city, address or landmark to see its current local time, its time zone and UTC offset, and exactly how many hours ahead or behind it is from where you are right now.

Place search uses OpenStreetMap; time zones are read from the location.

All coordinates use the WGS84 datum.

Runs in your browser — your location is never stored.

What this tool shows you

Type a place and Places looks up its location, then reads the official IANA time zone for that spot (for example Asia/Tokyo or America/New_York). From the zone you get a live, ticking local clock, the zone abbreviation (like JST or EST), and the current UTC offset written as UTC+09:00. Because the offset is read live, daylight saving time is already baked in — you never have to add or subtract an hour yourself. You also see the time difference between that place and your own device clock, so planning a call or a flight takes a single glance.

How to check the time in a place

  1. Search the place. Type a city, address or landmark — “Tokyo”, “Reykjavik”, or “Sydney Opera House” — and press Search.
  2. Read the live clock. The big clock ticks in real time in that location’s zone, with the full local date underneath.
  3. Check the zone and offset. You’ll see the IANA time zone name, its abbreviation, and the UTC offset (e.g. UTC-05:00).
  4. Compare with your time. The difference line tells you how many hours ahead or behind that place is relative to your own clock.
  5. Go further. Need to know how far that place is? Open distance between cities, or get its exact pin with find GPS coordinates.

UTC offset, IANA zones and DST

A time zone is a region that keeps the same clock; an offset is how far that clock sits from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The two are not the same: many places change their offset twice a year for daylight saving time, even though their zone name never changes. That is why this tool names the place’s IANA zone (a stable identifier like Europe/Madrid) and shows the offset that applies right now. Coordinates used to find the zone are based on the WGS84 datum, the same global reference your phone’s GPS uses.

Example time differences

PlaceIANA time zoneStandard UTC offset
London, United KingdomEurope/LondonUTC+00:00
New York, United StatesAmerica/New_YorkUTC-05:00
Tokyo, JapanAsia/TokyoUTC+09:00
Sydney, AustraliaAustralia/SydneyUTC+10:00
Kathmandu, NepalAsia/KathmanduUTC+05:45
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Frequently asked questions

How do I find the current local time in another city?
Search the city, address or landmark in the box above. Places finds its location, reads the official time zone for that spot, and shows a live clock with the local date, the time zone name and the UTC offset — no time-zone math required.

Does the clock account for daylight saving time?
Yes. The UTC offset is read for the current moment, so if the place is observing daylight saving time the clock and offset already reflect it. When DST starts or ends, the displayed offset updates automatically.

What is the difference between a time zone and a UTC offset?
A time zone is a named region (like America/Chicago) that may shift its clock for daylight saving; a UTC offset (like UTC-06:00) is the exact gap from Coordinated Universal Time at a given instant. One zone can have two offsets across the year — this tool shows the one in effect right now.

How is the time difference from my location calculated?
Your own time zone is read from your device, the searched place’s offset is read from its location, and the tool subtracts the two to tell you how many hours ahead or behind that place is. It updates if you search a new place.

Why does a place show an unusual offset like UTC+05:45?
Not every zone is a whole number of hours from UTC. Nepal uses UTC+05:45 and parts of India use UTC+05:30. The tool reads each location’s real offset, so these half- and quarter-hour zones are shown correctly.

Can I check the time for a small town or landmark, not just big cities?
Yes. Search any address or landmark and the time zone is read from that exact point. To grab the precise coordinates of the same place, open find GPS coordinates, and to see how far it is from home try distance between cities.