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Live local time
Goroka, Papua-Neuguinea
05:13:34 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
Aktuelle Ortszeit
05:13:34 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
PGT
Pacific/Port_Moresby · UTC+10:00
Nächster Feiertag
Queen's Birthday
Montag, 8. Juni 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Goroka right now
Nächster Flughafen
LAE
Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport · 158 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
2
Curated airport references available for Papua-Neuguinea
Snapshot at render time: 05:13:34 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Goroka (UTC+10:00, PGT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
19°C, Light rain
Feels like 21°C · Humidity 93% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:18 AM to 06:12 PM
Day length 11h 54m · Solar noon 12:15 PM
Next country holiday
Queen's Birthday
Montag, 8. Juni 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Goroka local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
G7 Évian Summit
politicalMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
German Federal Constitutional Court — Inheritance Tax Ruling
judicialMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
Sabarimala 9-Judge Constitutional Bench Verdict
judicialMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
House of the Dragon Season 3
release-tvMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
The Beatles - Anthology 4 (Continued Rollout)
release-albumMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
GPT-6 Launch (estimated window)
keynoteMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
Population
18.5K
Coordinates
-6.08, 145.39
Timezone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Indexierte Flughäfen
2
Capital
Port Moresby
Languages
English, Hiri Motu
Currency
PGK (K)
Country area
462,840 km²
Goroka (rank #10 by population in this dataset) sits at Pacific/Port_Moresby (PGT, UTC+10:00) with roughly 18.5K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Papua-Neuguinea.
Geographically, Goroka is at 6.08°S, 145.39°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 675 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:18 AM and sets around 06:12 PM in Goroka — about 11h 54m of daylight. Papua-Neuguinea stays on standard time here, so UTC+10:00 is stable through the year.
Madang (106 km from Goroka) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Papua-Neuguinea.
On 2026-06-08, Queen's Birthday is the next holiday flag for Goroka — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
PGT
IANA Zone
Pacific/Port Moresby
UTC Offset
UTC+10:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+10:00
Australia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Russia
Other cities in this timezone
London
-9h
New York
-14h
Los Angeles
-17h
Dubai
-6h
Singapore
-2h
Tokyo
-1h
Sydney
+0h
São Paulo
-13h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Goroka.
Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 29,333 people (2021), 1,600 meters above sea level. It has an airport and is on the "Highlands Highway", about 285 km (177 mi) from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km (56 mi) from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Other nearby towns include Kundiawa in Simbu Province and Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province. It has a mild climate, known as a "perpetual Spring".
From Goroka the nearest of our reference hubs are Sydney (~3,147 km), Tokyo (~4,682 km), Singapore (~4,688 km), while São Paulo sits about 16,471 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Goroka sits inside Papua-Neuguinea — the Melanesia subregion, capital Port Moresby, languages English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, currency PGK (K).
Madang (106 km), Mount Hagen (130 km), Bulolo (186 km), Mendi (191 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Goroka — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Goroka: Queen's Birthday, Remembrance Day, Repentance Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Papua-Neuguinea.
Closest curated airport references from Goroka: LAE Lae (158 km), POM Port Moresby (425 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Nadzab Tomodachi International AirportLAE
Lae · 158 km from Goroka
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Port Moresby Jacksons International AirportPOM
Port Moresby · 425 km from Goroka
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 18m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:13 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:13 AM | -14h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:13 AM | -17h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:13 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 03:13 PM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 04:13 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 05:13 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:13 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
Madang
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 106 km away
Mount Hagen
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 130 km away
Bulolo
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 186 km away
Mendi
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 191 km away
Lae
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 191 km away
Wewak
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 342 km away
Daru
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 410 km away
Port Moresby
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 424 km away
Goroka liegt in der Zeitzone Pacific/Port_Moresby (PGT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +10:00.
Goroka beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Goroka ist UTC+10:00.
Goroka sits at 6.08°S, 145.39°E in Papua-Neuguinea, with about 18.5K residents (rank #10 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Goroka is Sydney, about 3,147 km away as the crow flies.
Madang is the closest indexed city, roughly 106 km from Goroka.
Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport (LAE) is the closest curated airport reference, about 158 km from Goroka.
Queen's Birthday is the next upcoming holiday in Papua-Neuguinea, on Montag, 8. Juni 2026.