Satellite View of Samarinda
Samarinda sits at -0.5022, 117.1536. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Indonesia · Asia/Makassar
Current Time in East Kalimantan
Live local time in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
Samarinda, East Kalimantan
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Reference
East Kalimantan at a Glance
| Region | East Kalimantan |
| Abbreviation | KI |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Reference city | Samarinda |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Makassar |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | -0.5022, 117.1536 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Samarinda | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
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Time Differences
How Samarinda lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Samarinda. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Understanding the offset
How East Kalimantan Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Samarinda sits in Asia/Makassar. That name matters more than the number: an offset like the one shown above is only true today, whereas the zone name carries every rule about when the country changes its clocks. Software that stores offsets instead of zone names breaks at the next changeover.
Clock Changes
Whether East Kalimantan moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the Asia/Makassar zone, so the offset above is always the one in force today. Places that stay on a fixed offset drift an hour relative to their neighbours for part of the year, which is the usual reason a recurring call slips.
One Zone Throughout
East Kalimantan runs on Asia/Makassar throughout, so whatever the clock reads in Samarinda is what it reads across the region.
Answers
East Kalimantan Time Questions
What time is it in East Kalimantan right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, updating every second. It is calculated from the Asia/Makassar zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is East Kalimantan in?
Samarinda uses the Asia/Makassar zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. East Kalimantan uses this one zone throughout, so the time is the same across the whole region.
Does East Kalimantan change its clocks?
The offset shown above already accounts for daylight saving wherever it applies, because it comes from the time zone database rather than a fixed number. If East Kalimantan is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert East Kalimantan time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Samarinda and your own device clock. For a specific date rather than right now, use the time zone converter, which applies the daylight saving rules for the date you enter.
Where does the weather come from?
Open-Meteo, a free weather service. The request goes directly from your browser to their API, so nothing about your visit passes through our server. It reports current conditions and a short forecast for Samarinda.