Indexed entity
Sorong is the sorong-ID record in Indonesia: country slug indonesia, city slug sorong, ISO ID, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Jayapura.
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Live local time
Sorong, Indonesia
07:45:36 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Jayapura
Quick answer
It is currently 07:45:36 PM (WIT, UTC+09:00) in Sorong, Indonesia — Evening.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
30°C
Drizzle
3-day forecast
Tue
27°C
25°C
95% rain
Wed
30°C
25°C
86% rain
Thu
30°C
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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
06:10 AM
Sunset
06:15 PM
Day length
12h 4m
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 Sorong, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:45 AM UTC.
Current local time
07:45:36 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WIT
Asia/Jayapura · UTC+09:00
Next holiday
Independence Day
Monday, August 17, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Sorong right now
Nearest airport
UPG
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · 1381 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 Sorong, Indonesia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 19:45 GMT+9
No reference-city overlap right now
Sorong is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC+09:00
Zone label
GMT+9
London
11:45 AM / -8h
New York
06:45 AM / -13h
Los Angeles
03:45 AM / -16h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Monday, August 17, 2026
Travel cue
UPG Makassar, 1381 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:10 AM to 06:15 PM, with solar noon around 12:13 PM and total daylight of 12h 5m.
Mapped location
0.88°S, 131.26°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:45 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:45 AM / -13h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:45 AM / -16h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:45 PM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:45 PM / -1h
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 Sorong.
UPG · Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
Makassar
SUB · Juanda International Airport
Surabaya
SOC · Adisoemarmo International Airport
Surakarta
SRG · Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport
Semarang
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Jayapura for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+09:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+09:00.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Sorong 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, 1381 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Jayapura. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Sorong 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 Sorong.
Canonical route
/time/indonesia/sorong/
Catalog identity
sorong-ID · ID · Asia
Coordinate cell
0.88°S, 131.26°E · lat -0.880 · lon 131.261 · cell -88:13126
Population record
254,294 residents · country rank 11
Zone snapshot
Asia/Jayapura · GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
January / July offsets
UTC+09:00 / UTC+09:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Ambon, Indonesia · 464 km
Nearest world hub
Singapore · 3,061 km
Closest airport references
UPG Makassar 1381 km · SUB Surabaya 2172 km · SOC Surakarta 2389 km · SRG Semarang 2413 km
Zone peer roster
Jayapura, Indonesia · Ambon, Indonesia · Ternate, Indonesia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Sorong: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Sorong is the sorong-ID record in Indonesia: country slug indonesia, city slug sorong, ISO ID, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Jayapura.
0.88°S, 131.26°E; Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band -1 and longitude band 131; exact decimal pair -0.87956, 131.26104.
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 Sorong 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.
Ambon [ambon-ID, ID, Asia/Jayapura, 464 km]; Ternate [ternate-ID, ID, Asia/Jayapura, 469 km]; Ngerulmud [ngerulmud-PW, PW, Pacific/Palau, 1004 km]; Dili [dili-TL, TL, Asia/Dili, 1061 km]; Jayapura [jayapura-ID, ID, Asia/Jayapura, 1067 km]; Likisá [likisa-TL, TL, Asia/Dili, 1079 km]; Davao [davao-PH, PH, Asia/Manila, 1084 km]; Maliana [maliana-TL, TL, Asia/Dili, 1123 km]
Sorong 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 3,061 km; Tokyo 4,157 km; Sydney 4,216 km; Dubai 8,643 km; Los Angeles 11,940 km; London 12,794 km; New York 14,907 km; São Paulo 17,289 km
UPG Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar [ID, 1381 km]; SUB Juanda International Airport in Surabaya [ID, 2172 km]; SOC Adisoemarmo International Airport in Surakarta [ID, 2389 km]; SRG Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang [ID, 2413 km]; YIA Yogyakarta International Airport in Yogyakarta [ID, 2476 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].
Sorong renders Jun 2, 2026 · 19:45 GMT+9; GMT+9 at UTC+09:00; January UTC+09:00; July UTC+09:00; 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 Sorong.
Sorong is a context-and-reference city; rank #11 of 12 retained Indonesia city pages. The route is /time/indonesia/sorong/ and the city id is sorong-ID.
Sorong 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.
Sorong is pinned at 0.88°S, 131.26°E; Ambon (464 km); Singapore (3,061 km).
Asia/Jayapura resolves to stable UTC+09:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Indonesia.
UPG Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (1381 km) · Independence Day (Monday, August 17, 2026) · 8 country airport references · 8 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Sorong 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.
Sorong: Sorong is the largest city and the capital of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It is the gateway to Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, species rich coral reef islands in an area considered the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity. It also is the logistics hub for Indonesia's thriving eastern oil and gas frontier. Sorong experienced rapid growth during the decade from 2010, and further growth is anticipated as Sorong becomes linked by road to other frontier towns in Papua's Bird's Head Peninsula. The official estimate of population as of mid 2024 was 286,028 - comprising 150,236 males and 135,729 females. The suburban area of Sorong city contains tropical rainforest and mangrove forest that has increasingly become popular as ecotourism attractions especially for birdwatching or wildlife watching.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Sorong is listed in the dataset snapshot as 9 hours ahead of UTC (offset +09:00). 8 hours ahead of London, on the same clock as Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 131.26°, Sorong's mean solar noon falls about 15 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.
Sorong sits at 0.88°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Sorong sits at 0.88°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 10m)
Shortest day
May 22 (12h 4m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 6m
See the full daylight curve for Sorong at /sun/sorong/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Sorong local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Sorong |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 22:00 - 06:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 17:00 - 01:00 (next day) |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 12:30 - 20:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 09:00 - 17:00 |
IANA time zones in country
3
Public holidays in 2026
8
Reference fields include Sorong's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 07:45:36 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Sorong (UTC+09:00, WIT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:10 AM to 06:15 PM
Day length 12h 5m · Solar noon 12:13 PM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Monday, August 17, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Sorong local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
254.3K
Coordinates
-0.88, 131.26
Timezone
Asia/Jayapura
Indexed airports
8
Capital
Jakarta
Languages
Indonesian
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Country area
1,904,569 km²
Sorong, Indonesia (population rank #11 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Jayapura (WIT, UTC+09:00); population ~254.3K.
Coordinates: 0.88°S, 131.26°E. Equatorial Hemisphere deep tropics, ~98 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:10 AM and sets around 06:15 PM in Sorong — about 12h 5m of daylight. Indonesia stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Ambon (464 km from Sorong) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Indonesia.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-08-17.
Sorong is indexed as a Asia city in the ID country record, using Asia/Jayapura as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/indonesia/sorong/.
Location context: 0.88°S, 131.26°E; population 254,294; nearest indexed city Ambon is about 464 km away; closest reference hub is Singapore, about 3,061 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 (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Sorong is listed in the dataset snapshot as 9 hours ahead of UTC (offset +09:00). 8 hours ahead of London, on the same clock as Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 131.26°, Sorong's mean solar noon falls about 15 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.
Sorong sits at 0.88°S, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mid-sized city with around 254 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Sorong city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Sorong: Jakarta (−2h), San Francisco (−16h), Los Angeles (−16h), Singapore (−1h), Mumbai (−3.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
indonesia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WIT
IANA Zone
Asia/Jayapura
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
-8h
New York
-13h
Los Angeles
-16h
Dubai
-5h
Singapore
-1h
Tokyo
+0h
Sydney
+1h
São Paulo
-12h
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 Sorong.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Sorong: closest hubs Singapore (~3,061 km), Tokyo (~4,157 km), Sydney (~4,216 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~17,289 km).
Sorong sits inside Indonesia — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Jakarta, languages Indonesian, currency IDR (Rp).
Closest indexed cities to Sorong: Ambon (464 km), Ternate (469 km), Ngerulmud (1004 km), Dili (1061 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Sorong: Independence Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Indonesia.
Closest curated airport references from Sorong: UPG Makassar (1381 km), SUB Surabaya (2172 km), SOC Surakarta (2389 km).
Indonesia sits in an important APAC coordination zone for Singapore, Australia, and East Asia.
Sultan Hasanuddin International AirportUPG
Makassar · 1381 km from Sorong
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 31m
Juanda International AirportSUB
Surabaya · 2172 km from Sorong
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 32m
Adisoemarmo International AirportSOC
Surakarta · 2389 km from Sorong
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 49m
Jenderal Ahmad Yani AirportSRG
Semarang · 2413 km from Sorong
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 51m
Yogyakarta International AirportYIA
Yogyakarta · 2476 km from Sorong
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 55m
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 | 11:45 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:45 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:45 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:45 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:45 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:45 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:45 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:45 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Sorong is in the Asia/Jayapura timezone (WIT), with a UTC offset of +09:00.
Sorong does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+09:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Sorong is UTC+09:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Sorong, 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 · 19:45 GMT+9. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Sorong sits at 0.88°S, 131.26°E in Indonesia, with about 254.3K residents (rank #11 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Sorong is Singapore, about 3,061 km away as the crow flies.
Ambon is the closest indexed city, roughly 464 km from Sorong.
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG) is the closest curated airport reference, about 1381 km from Sorong.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Indonesia, on Monday, August 17, 2026.
Sorong uses Indonesian rupiah (IDR, symbol Rp) as the local currency of Indonesia.
The longest day of 2026 in Sorong falls on Jan 1 with about 12h 10m of daylight. The shortest is May 22 with 12h 4m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
Indonesia spans 3 IANA time zones in total; Sorong's canonical zone for this page is Asia/Jayapura.
In Sorong local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 22:00-06:00 (next day); London 17:00-01:00 (next day); Frankfurt 16:00-00:00 (next day); Dubai 14:00-22:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.