Current Time in Samoa
Samoa uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Samoa
It's 8:03 AM SST (UTC+13:00) in Samoa on Friday, 6 November 2026.
Samoa does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+13 all year.
- Time zone
- Samoa Standard Time
- IANA: Pacific/Apia
- UTC offset now
- UTC+13:00 (SST)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+13 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Apia
How Samoa writes dates and times
- Date format
- MM/DD/YYYY
- month-day-year, e.g. 11/25/2026 · November 25, 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 PM
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the sm-WS locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Samoa
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Samoa time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 13 h behind | None |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 18 h behind | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 21 h behind | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 9 h behind | None |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 4 h behind | 4 h (13:00–17:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 2 h behind | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 16 h behind | None |
Samoa at a glance
- Capital
- Apia
- Population
- 205,557
- Currency
- Samoan tālā (WST)
Questions about time in Samoa
- What time is it in Samoa right now?
- When this page was generated it was 8:03 AM SST (UTC+13:00) in Samoa.
- How many time zones does Samoa have?
- Samoa uses one time zone, Samoa Standard Time (IANA ID Pacific/Apia).
- Does Samoa observe daylight saving time?
- No. Samoa does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+13 all year.