Satellite View of Medan
Medan sits at 3.5952, 98.6722. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Indonesia · Asia/Jakarta
Current Time in North Sumatra
Live local time in Medan, North Sumatra, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
Medan, North Sumatra
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Medan Right Now
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Reference
North Sumatra at a Glance
| Region | North Sumatra |
| Abbreviation | SU |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Reference city | Medan |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Jakarta |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | 3.5952, 98.6722 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Medan | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
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Time Differences
How Medan lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Medan. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Understanding the offset
How North Sumatra Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Medan sits in Asia/Jakarta. 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 North Sumatra moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the Asia/Jakarta 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
North Sumatra runs on Asia/Jakarta throughout, so whatever the clock reads in Medan is what it reads across the region.
Answers
North Sumatra Time Questions
What time is it in North Sumatra right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Medan, North Sumatra, updating every second. It is calculated from the Asia/Jakarta zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is North Sumatra in?
Medan uses the Asia/Jakarta zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. North Sumatra uses this one zone throughout, so the time is the same across the whole region.
Does North Sumatra 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 North Sumatra is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert North Sumatra time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Medan 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 Medan.