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General Santos, Filipinas
01:21:41 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Manila

General Santos
Highly urbanized city in South Cotabato, Philippines
Hora local actual
01:21:41 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
PHT
Asia/Manila · UTC+08:00
Próximo festivo
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
4 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with General Santos right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
DVO
Francisco Bangoy International Airport · 124 km
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Curated airport references available for Filipinas
Snapshot at render time: 01:21:41 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in General Santos (UTC+08:00, PHT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
37°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 41°C · Humidity 36% · Wind 7 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:26 AM to 05:46 PM
Day length 12h 20m · Solar noon 11:36 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for General Santos local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmartes, 12 de mayo de 2026
12 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
15 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
15 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallunes, 18 de mayo de 2026
18 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemartes, 19 de mayo de 2026
19 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynotemartes, 19 de mayo de 2026
19 days to go
Population
722.1K
Coordinates
6.11, 125.17
Timezone
Asia/Manila
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Capital
Manila
Languages
English, Filipino
Currency
PHP (₱)
Country area
342,353 km²
General Santos (rank #14 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Manila (PHT, UTC+08:00) with roughly 722.1K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Filipinas.
Geographically, General Santos is at 6.11°N, 125.17°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 679 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 05:26 AM and sets around 05:46 PM in General Santos — about 12h 20m of daylight. Filipinas stays on standard time here, so UTC+08:00 is stable through the year.
Alabel (13 km from General Santos) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Filipinas.
On 2026-05-01, Labour Day is the next holiday flag for General Santos — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
PHT
IANA Zone
Asia/Manila
UTC Offset
UTC+08:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+08:00
Antarctica, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Macao, China, Hong Kong, Russia
Other cities in this timezone
London
-7h
New York
-12h
Los Angeles
-15h
Dubai
-4h
Singapore
+0h
Tokyo
+1h
Sydney
+2h
São Paulo
-11h
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 General Santos.
General Santos, officially the City of General Santos and abbreviated as GenSan, is a highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 722,059 people making it the most populous city in Soccsksargen Region.
From General Santos the nearest of our reference hubs are Singapore (~2,427 km), Tokyo (~3,605 km), Sydney (~5,222 km), while São Paulo sits about 17,887 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
General Santos sits inside Filipinas — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Manila, languages English, Filipino, currency PHP (₱).
Alabel (13 km), Polomolok (17 km), Malapatan (21 km), Maluñgun (22 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around General Santos — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around General Santos: Labour Day, Independence Day, Ninoy Aquino Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Filipinas.
Closest curated airport references from General Santos: DVO Davao (124 km), MNL Manila (Pasay) (1038 km), SFS Olongapo (1104 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Francisco Bangoy International AirportDVO
Davao · 124 km from General Santos
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
Ninoy Aquino International AirportMNL
Manila (Pasay) · 1038 km from General Santos
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 5m
Subic Bay International Airport / Naval Air Station Cubi PointSFS
Olongapo · 1104 km from General Santos
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 10m
Clark International Airport / Clark Air BaseCRK
Mabalacat · 1128 km from General Santos
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 12m
Exchange snapshot
1 PHP = 0.014 EUR · 1 PHP = 0.012 GBP · 1 PHP = 0.016 USD
As of 2026-04-29
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
4 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:21 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:21 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:21 PM | -15h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:21 AM | -4h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 01:21 PM | +0h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 02:21 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 03:21 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| São Paulo | 02:21 AM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
General Santos está en la zona horaria Asia/Manila (PHT), con un desfase UTC de +08:00.
General Santos no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para General Santos es UTC+08:00.
General Santos sits at 6.11°N, 125.17°E in Filipinas, with about 722.1K residents (rank #14 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to General Santos is Singapore, about 2,427 km away as the crow flies.
Alabel is the closest indexed city, roughly 13 km from General Santos.
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) is the closest curated airport reference, about 124 km from General Santos.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Filipinas, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.