Everything you Need to Know About the Fiji Time Zone
If you’re in Fiji and you don’t know what time it is, and you’ve somehow missed the first result in Google that gives you the time, then at least you’re in the right place to work out the time zone in Fiji! All the Fiji islands follow the same time zone known as FJT or FJST – that’s “Fiji Time” and “Fiji Summer Time”. However, don’t get “Fiji Time” confused with the same phrase and ideology of “Fiji Time” shared among Fiji’s locals and, soon enough, its visitors – for more explanation, head to What Does Fiji Time Mean? (& What You Need to Know About It).
Getting back to the time zones in Fiji, this guide will give you some quick information on the Fiji time zone, as well as when daylight savings time (DST) is and the usual hours of sunrise and sunset. With that, you should be ready to wind your watches… or just connect to the internet on your phone and let it do all the work for you.
When it’s 9 am in Fiji, it is…
- 9 or 10 am in Auckland on the same day
- 7 or 8 am in Sydney on the same day
- 6 am in Tokyo on the same day
- 4 or 5 pm in New York the previous day
- 1 or 2 pm in Los Angeles the previous day
- 9 or 10 pm in London the previous day
- 10 or 11 pm in Frankfurt the previous day*
* Note that two possible times are displayed due to whether the destination is currently on daylight savings time or not.
And if you’re interested, check out the flight times between these destinations and Fiji in What are the Flight Times to Fiji?
© FijiPocketGuide.comTime Zone in Fiji
Fiji observes just one time zone, which is the following…
Time zone name: Fiji Time
Time zone abbreviation: FJT
Offset: UTC +12
Example city: Suva
There is no daylight saving time in Fiji; they follow Fiji Time all year round. Daylight savings time in Fiji was abolished in 2021.
© FijiPocketGuide.comDaylight Hours in Fiji
Fiji experiences long days all year round with only about a couple of hours of difference in daylight hours between summer and winter.
The average length of daylight in Fiji is 12 hours, with the shortest day usually being around June 21, with around 11 hours, and the longest day being around December 22 at 13 hrs 13 mins.
Sunrise and Sunset in Fiji
The sunrise in Fiji is usually around 6 am. The earliest the sun rises is in November at around 5:30 am and the latest the sun rises is usually at 6:45 am during January.
The sunset in Fiji is around 7 pm. The earliest sunsets happen in June at around 5:40 pm and the latest sunsets occur in January at about 7:50 pm.
© FijiPocketGuide.comCountries in the Same Time Zone as Fiji
No other countries follow Fiji Time (FJT) exactly. However, a limited few are in the same time zone at UTC +12 (i.e. when it’s 9 am in Fiji it’s 9 am on the same day in Kiribati).
Other Countries in UTC+12
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand (when in winter time)
- Tuvalu
- Wake Island
- Wallis and Futuna.
© FijiPocketGuide.comDifferent Time Zone in Taveuni?
The International Date Line, which splits the east from the west, runs straight through the island of Taveuni. Fiji’s third-largest island, just below Vanua Levu, sits at a longitude of 180 degrees meaning that, theoretically, one side of the island exists in one day and the other side of the island exists in the next day. Don’t worry, Fiji still observes just one time zone for the sake of the locals’ sanity.
Should your Fiji journey take you to Taveuni, you can actually visit a sign which marks the International Date Line. Interpretation panels explain the ins and outs of the International Date Line. Plus, it makes for a really fun photo opportunity, as listed in the 20 Best Things to Do in Taveuni.
More About the Fiji Time Zone and Other Fiji Travel Tips
That’s it for our complete guide on the Fiji time zone. For more time-related advice, check out the following guides:
- The Best Time to Visit Fiji: A Month-by-Month Guide
- What is the Currency in Fiji?
- Getting Here: How to Get to Fiji
Finally, get even more tips for planning the perfect getaway in The Complete Travel Guide to Fiji and the 30 Tips for Travelling in Fiji.
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