Satellite View of Tarawa
Tarawa sits at 1.3278, 172.977. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Kiribati · Pacific/Tarawa
Current Time in Gilbert Islands
Live local time in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
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Tarawa Right Now
Weather, sky, sea and location for Tarawa, all updating live.
Weather in Tarawa
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Reference
Gilbert Islands at a Glance
| Region | Gilbert Islands |
| Abbreviation | GI |
| Country | Kiribati |
| Reference city | Tarawa |
| IANA time zone | Pacific/Tarawa |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | 1.3278, 172.977 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Tarawa | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
Worth knowing. The Gilbert group is on UTC+12.
Working with Gilbert Islands
Time Differences
How Tarawa lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Tarawa. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Other Places in Kiribati
Every state, province or territory with its own page, each showing live local time.
Understanding the offset
How Gilbert Islands Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Tarawa sits in Pacific/Tarawa. 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 Gilbert Islands moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the Pacific/Tarawa 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.
Not One Zone Throughout
The Gilbert group is on UTC+12. The clock above follows Tarawa, so check which zone applies before assuming it matches the whole region.
Answers
Gilbert Islands Time Questions
What time is it in Gilbert Islands right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, updating every second. It is calculated from the Pacific/Tarawa zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is Gilbert Islands in?
Tarawa uses the Pacific/Tarawa zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. The Gilbert group is on UTC+12.
Does Gilbert Islands 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 Gilbert Islands is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert Gilbert Islands time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Tarawa 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 Tarawa.