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Live local time
Lae, Papua-Neuguinea
05:13:45 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Pacific/Port_Moresby

Lae
City in Morobe, Papua New Guinea
Aktuelle Ortszeit
05:13:45 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 Lae right now
Nächster Flughafen
LAE
Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport · 34 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
2
Curated airport references available for Papua-Neuguinea
Snapshot at render time: 05:13:45 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Lae (UTC+10:00, PGT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
28°C, Overcast
Feels like 33°C · Humidity 72% · Wind 9 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:12 AM to 06:05 PM
Day length 11h 53m · Solar noon 12:09 PM
Next country holiday
Queen's Birthday
Montag, 8. Juni 2026 · Public
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Population
76.3K
Coordinates
-6.72, 147.00
Timezone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Indexierte Flughäfen
2
Capital
Port Moresby
Languages
English, Hiri Motu
Currency
PGK (K)
Country area
462,840 km²
Read time for Lae from the Pacific/Port_Moresby zone (PGT, UTC+10:00); the city carries roughly 76.3K residents and ranks #2 among curated Papua-Neuguinea entries.
Geographically, Lae is at 6.72°S, 147.00°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 746 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:12 AM and sets around 06:05 PM in Lae — about 11h 53m of daylight. Papua-Neuguinea stays on standard time here, so UTC+10:00 is stable through the year.
Bulolo (66 km from Lae) 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 Lae — 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 Lae.
Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River on the northern coast of Huon Gulf. It is at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highlands Region and the coast. Lae is the largest cargo port of the country and is the industrial hub of Papua New Guinea. The city is known as the Garden City and home of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology.
From Lae the nearest of our reference hubs are Sydney (~3,049 km), Tokyo (~4,777 km), Singapore (~4,875 km), while São Paulo sits about 16,338 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Lae sits inside Papua-Neuguinea — the Melanesia subregion, capital Port Moresby, languages English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, currency PGK (K).
Bulolo (66 km), Goroka (191 km), Madang (214 km), Popondetta (265 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Lae — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Lae: Queen's Birthday, Remembrance Day, Repentance Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Papua-Neuguinea.
Closest curated airport references from Lae: LAE Lae (34 km), POM Port Moresby (303 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Nadzab Tomodachi International AirportLAE
Lae · 34 km from Lae
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Port Moresby Jacksons International AirportPOM
Port Moresby · 303 km from Lae
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 8m
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 |
Bulolo
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 66 km away
Goroka
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 191 km away
Madang
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 214 km away
Popondetta
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 265 km away
Port Moresby
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 307 km away
Mount Hagen
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 320 km away
Kimbe
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 371 km away
Mendi
Papua-Neuguinea
Approx. 375 km away
Lae liegt in der Zeitzone Pacific/Port_Moresby (PGT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +10:00.
Lae beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Lae ist UTC+10:00.
Lae sits at 6.72°S, 147.00°E in Papua-Neuguinea, with about 76.3K residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Lae is Sydney, about 3,049 km away as the crow flies.
Bulolo is the closest indexed city, roughly 66 km from Lae.
Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport (LAE) is the closest curated airport reference, about 34 km from Lae.
Queen's Birthday is the next upcoming holiday in Papua-Neuguinea, on Montag, 8. Juni 2026.