Indexed entity
Balikpapan is the balikpapan-ID record in Indonesia: country slug indonesia, city slug balikpapan, ISO ID, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Makassar.
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Live local time
Balikpapan, Indonesia
06:47:02 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Makassar
Quick answer
It is currently 06:47:02 PM (WITA, UTC+08:00) in Balikpapan, Indonesia — Afternoon.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
27°C
Drizzle
3-day forecast
Tue
29°C
24°C
84% rain
Wed
29°C
24°C
69% rain
Thu
29°C
25°C
85% rain
In 76 days
Hari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia (Independence Day)
Mon, Aug 17, 2026
PublicIn 206 days
Hari Raya Natal (Christmas Day)
Fri, Dec 25, 2026
PublicIn 213 days
Tahun Baru Masehi (New Year's Day)
Fri, Jan 1, 2027
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Indonesian Rupiah
1 USD = 17,695 IDR
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
06:09 AM
Sunset
06:12 PM
Day length
12h 3m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Balikpapan, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:47 AM UTC.
Current local time
06:47:02 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WITA
Asia/Makassar · UTC+08:00
Next holiday
Independence Day
Monday, August 17, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Balikpapan right now
Nearest airport
UPG
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · 520 km
Indexed airports
8
Curated airport references available for Indonesia
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Balikpapan, Indonesia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 18:47 GMT+8
No reference-city overlap right now
Balikpapan is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC+08:00
Zone label
GMT+8
London
11:47 AM / -7h
New York
06:47 AM / -12h
Los Angeles
03:47 AM / -15h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Monday, August 17, 2026
Travel cue
UPG Makassar, 520 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:09 AM to 06:12 PM, with solar noon around 12:11 PM and total daylight of 12h 3m.
Mapped location
1.27°S, 116.83°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:47 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:47 AM / -12h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:47 AM / -15h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:47 PM / -4h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:47 PM / +0h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Balikpapan.
UPG · Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
Makassar
SUB · Juanda International Airport
Surabaya
SRG · Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport
Semarang
SOC · Adisoemarmo International Airport
Surakarta
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Makassar for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+08:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+08:00.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Balikpapan right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
Independence Day on Monday, August 17, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: UPG Makassar, 520 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Makassar. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Balikpapan has no near-term DST change in view, but Independence Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Balikpapan.
Canonical route
/time/indonesia/balikpapan/
Catalog identity
balikpapan-ID · ID · Asia
Coordinate cell
1.27°S, 116.83°E · lat -1.268 · lon 116.829 · cell -127:11683
Population record
695,287 residents · country rank 8
Zone snapshot
Asia/Makassar · GMT+8 · UTC+08:00
January / July offsets
UTC+08:00 / UTC+08:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Samarinda, Indonesia · 93 km
Nearest world hub
Singapore · 1,475 km
Closest airport references
UPG Makassar 520 km · SUB Surabaya 814 km · SRG Semarang 956 km · SOC Surakarta 967 km
Zone peer roster
Makassar, Indonesia · Samarinda, Indonesia · Denpasar, Indonesia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Balikpapan: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Balikpapan is the balikpapan-ID record in Indonesia: country slug indonesia, city slug balikpapan, ISO ID, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Makassar.
1.27°S, 116.83°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -2 and longitude band 116; exact decimal pair -1.26753, 116.82887.
Indonesia: official name Republic of Indonesia; capital Jakarta; region Asia; subregion South-Eastern Asia; country population 284,438,782; area 1,904,569 km²; languages Indonesian; currencies IDR Indonesian rupiah. This is the country layer behind the Balikpapan clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Indonesia: Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres. Indonesia has significant areas of wilderness that support one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity. It shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with seven other countries, including Australia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Source: Wikipedia.
Samarinda [samarinda-ID, ID, Asia/Makassar, 93 km]; Makassar [makassar-ID, ID, Asia/Makassar, 519 km]; Kuala Belait [kuala-belait-BN, BN, Asia/Brunei, 712 km]; Bandar Seri Begawan [bandar-seri-begawan-BN, BN, Asia/Brunei, 716 km]; Sengkurong [sengkurong-BN, BN, Asia/Brunei, 719 km]; Mentiri [mentiri-BN, BN, Asia/Brunei, 722 km]; Surabaya [surabaya-ID, ID, Asia/Jakarta, 804 km]; Denpasar [denpasar-ID, ID, Asia/Makassar, 840 km]
Balikpapan is part of this indexed country cluster: Jakarta [jakarta-ID, Asia/Jakarta, pop 8,540,121]; Surabaya [surabaya-ID, Asia/Jakarta, pop 2,874,314]; Bekasi [bekasi-ID, Asia/Jakarta, pop 2,564,940]; Bandung [bandung-ID, Asia/Jakarta, pop 2,444,160]; Makassar [makassar-ID, Asia/Makassar, pop 1,423,877]; Samarinda [samarinda-ID, Asia/Makassar, pop 831,460]; Denpasar [denpasar-ID, Asia/Makassar, pop 725,314]; Balikpapan [balikpapan-ID, Asia/Makassar, pop 695,287]; Jayapura [jayapura-ID, Asia/Jayapura, pop 404,004]; Ambon [ambon-ID, Asia/Jayapura, pop 347,288].
Singapore 1,475 km; Tokyo 4,741 km; Sydney 5,090 km; Dubai 7,236 km; London 11,945 km; Los Angeles 13,245 km; New York 15,495 km; São Paulo 16,727 km
UPG Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar [ID, 520 km]; SUB Juanda International Airport in Surabaya [ID, 814 km]; SRG Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang [ID, 956 km]; SOC Adisoemarmo International Airport in Surakarta [ID, 967 km]; YIA Yogyakarta International Airport in Yogyakarta [ID, 1052 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include CGK Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta [ID]; HLP Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport in Jakarta [ID]; KNO Kualanamu International Airport in Beringin [ID]; SOC Adisoemarmo International Airport in Surakarta [ID]; SRG Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang [ID]; SUB Juanda International Airport in Surabaya [ID]; UPG Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar [ID]; YIA Yogyakarta International Airport in Yogyakarta [ID].
Balikpapan renders Jun 2, 2026 · 18:47 GMT+8; GMT+8 at UTC+08:00; January UTC+08:00; July UTC+08:00; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-08-17.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Balikpapan.
Balikpapan is a context-and-reference city; rank #8 of 12 retained Indonesia city pages. The route is /time/indonesia/balikpapan/ and the city id is balikpapan-ID.
Balikpapan has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Balikpapan is pinned at 1.27°S, 116.83°E; Samarinda (93 km); Singapore (1,475 km).
Asia/Makassar resolves to stable UTC+08:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Indonesia.
UPG Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (520 km) · Independence Day (Monday, August 17, 2026) · 8 country airport references · 8 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Balikpapan uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Balikpapan: Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan. With a population of 688,318 according to the 2020 census, and an official estimate of 757,418 as at mid 2023, Balikpapan is the second most populous city in East Kalimantan, after Samarinda.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+08:00) is constant year-round.
Balikpapan is listed in the dataset snapshot as 8 hours ahead of UTC (offset +08:00). 7 hours ahead of London, 1 hour behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 116.83°, Balikpapan's mean solar noon falls about 13 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Balikpapan sits at 1.27°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Balikpapan sits at 1.27°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jan 1 (12h 12m)
Shortest day
May 17 (12h 3m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 9m
See the full daylight curve for Balikpapan at /sun/balikpapan/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Balikpapan local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Balikpapan |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 15:00 - 23:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 13:00 - 21:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 11:30 - 19:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 08:00 - 16:00 |
IANA time zones in country
3
Public holidays in 2026
8
Reference fields include Balikpapan's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 06:47:02 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Balikpapan (UTC+08:00, WITA).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:09 AM to 06:12 PM
Day length 12h 3m · Solar noon 12:11 PM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Monday, August 17, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Balikpapan local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
695.3K
Coordinates
-1.27, 116.83
Timezone
Asia/Makassar
Indexed airports
8
Capital
Jakarta
Languages
Indonesian
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Country area
1,904,569 km²
Balikpapan, Indonesia (population rank #8 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Makassar (WITA, UTC+08:00); population ~695.3K.
Coordinates: 1.27°S, 116.83°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~141 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:09 AM and sets around 06:12 PM in Balikpapan — about 12h 3m of daylight. Indonesia stays on standard time here, so UTC+08:00 is stable through the year.
Samarinda (93 km from Balikpapan) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Indonesia.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-08-17.
Balikpapan is indexed as a Asia city in the ID country record, using Asia/Makassar as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/indonesia/balikpapan/.
Location context: 1.27°S, 116.83°E; population 695,287; nearest indexed city Samarinda is about 93 km away; closest reference hub is Singapore, about 1,475 km away.
Country planning context: capital Jakarta; subregion South-Eastern Asia; languages Indonesian; currency IDR (Rp); area 1,904,569 km²; 8 curated airport references; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-08-17.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+08:00) is constant year-round.
Balikpapan is listed in the dataset snapshot as 8 hours ahead of UTC (offset +08:00). 7 hours ahead of London, 1 hour behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 116.83°, Balikpapan's mean solar noon falls about 13 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Balikpapan sits at 1.27°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Sizeable city with about 695 thousand residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Balikpapan: Jakarta (−1h), San Francisco (−15h), Los Angeles (−15h), Singapore (same time), Mumbai (−2.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
indonesia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WITA
IANA Zone
Asia/Makassar
UTC Offset
UTC+08:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
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 Balikpapan.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Balikpapan: closest hubs Singapore (~1,475 km), Tokyo (~4,741 km), Sydney (~5,090 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~16,727 km).
Balikpapan sits inside Indonesia — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Jakarta, languages Indonesian, currency IDR (Rp).
Closest indexed cities to Balikpapan: Samarinda (93 km), Makassar (519 km), Kuala Belait (712 km), Bandar Seri Begawan (716 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Balikpapan: Independence Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Indonesia.
Closest curated airport references from Balikpapan: UPG Makassar (520 km), SUB Surabaya (814 km), SRG Semarang (956 km).
Indonesia is one of the clearest examples of a multi-timezone country that still functions as one national market.
Sultan Hasanuddin International AirportUPG
Makassar · 520 km from Balikpapan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 25m
Juanda International AirportSUB
Surabaya · 814 km from Balikpapan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 48m
Jenderal Ahmad Yani AirportSRG
Semarang · 956 km from Balikpapan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 59m
Adisoemarmo International AirportSOC
Surakarta · 967 km from Balikpapan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 59m
Yogyakarta International AirportYIA
Yogyakarta · 1052 km from Balikpapan
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 6m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:47 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:47 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:47 AM | -15h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:47 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:47 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:47 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:47 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:47 AM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
Balikpapan is in the Asia/Makassar timezone (WITA), with a UTC offset of +08:00.
Balikpapan does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+08:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Balikpapan is UTC+08:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Balikpapan, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 18:47 GMT+8. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Balikpapan sits at 1.27°S, 116.83°E in Indonesia, with about 695.3K residents (rank #8 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Balikpapan is Singapore, about 1,475 km away as the crow flies.
Samarinda is the closest indexed city, roughly 93 km from Balikpapan.
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG) is the closest curated airport reference, about 520 km from Balikpapan.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Indonesia, on Monday, August 17, 2026.
Balikpapan uses Indonesian rupiah (IDR, symbol Rp) as the local currency of Indonesia.
The longest day of 2026 in Balikpapan falls on Jan 1 with about 12h 12m of daylight. The shortest is May 17 with 12h 3m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
Indonesia spans 3 IANA time zones in total; Balikpapan's canonical zone for this page is Asia/Makassar.
In Balikpapan local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 21:00-05:00 (next day); London 16:00-00:00 (next day); Frankfurt 15:00-23:00; Dubai 13:00-21:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.