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Bitung, Endonezya
11:27:46 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Makassar
Bitung
City in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Güncel yerel saat
11:27:46 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Saat dilimi
WITA
Asia/Makassar · UTC+08:00
Sonraki tatil
Labour Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Şu an iş saati örtüşmesi
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bitung right now
En yakın havalimanı
UPG
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · 953 km
İndekslenen havalimanları
8
Curated airport references available for Endonezya
Snapshot at render time: 11:27:46 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Bitung (UTC+08:00, WITA).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
30°C, Light drizzle
Feels like 37°C · Humidity 66% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:31 AM to 05:41 PM
Day length 12h 10m · Solar noon 11:36 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bitung local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Islamic New Year (Muharram) 2026
festival-islamic16 Haziran 2026 Salı
47 days to go
Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony
culture18 Haziran 2026 Perşembe
49 days to go
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
religious1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma
1 day to go
Vesak 2026
festival-buddhist1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma
1 day to go
EU Digital Markets Act — First Review Report
regulatory3 Mayıs 2026 Pazar
3 days to go
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
election4 Mayıs 2026 Pazartesi
4 days to go
Population
225.1K
Coordinates
1.44, 125.13
Timezone
Asia/Makassar
İndekslenen havalimanları
8
Capital
Jakarta
Languages
Indonesian
Currency
IDR (Rp)
Country area
1,904,569 km²
For Endonezya, Bitung (rank #65 by population in this dataset) reads WITA, UTC+08:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Makassar, and the city's roughly 225.1K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 1.44°N, 125.13°E put Bitung roughly 160 km from the equator in the deep tropics of the Equatorial Hemisphere, which is why the page expects year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 05:31 AM and sets around 05:41 PM in Bitung — about 12h 10m of daylight. Endonezya stays on standard time here, so UTC+08:00 is stable through the year.
Tondano (28 km from Bitung) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Endonezya.
Bitung planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Labour Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
WITA
IANA Zone
Asia/Makassar
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 Bitung.
Bitung, officially the City of Bitung, is a coastal city at the north-eastern edge of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Bitung is located in the province of North Sulawesi, and faces Lembeh Island, and the Lembeh Strait, which is known for its colourful marine life, in particular sea slugs. Bitung has a population of 187,932 at the 2010 Census, making it the second most populated city in the province after the capital Manado, rising to 225,134 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 232,440.
Distance-wise, Bitung is closest to Singapore (~2,369 km), Tokyo (~4,091 km), Sydney (~4,780 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 17,401 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Bitung sits inside Endonezya — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Jakarta, languages Indonesian, currency IDR (Rp).
Around Bitung, the nearest mapped reference cities are Tondano (28 km), Manado (31 km), Tomohon (39 km), Tahuna (245 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for WITA planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Bitung: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pancasila Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Endonezya.
Closest curated airport references from Bitung: UPG Makassar (953 km), SUB Surabaya (1684 km), SOC Surakarta (1880 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Indonesia is one of the clearest examples of a multi-timezone country that still functions as one national market.
Sultan Hasanuddin International AirportUPG
Makassar · 953 km from Bitung
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 58m
Juanda International AirportSUB
Surabaya · 1684 km from Bitung
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 55m
Adisoemarmo International AirportSOC
Surakarta · 1880 km from Bitung
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 10m
Jenderal Ahmad Yani AirportSRG
Semarang · 1886 km from Bitung
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 10m
Yogyakarta International AirportYIA
Yogyakarta · 1968 km from Bitung
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 16m
Exchange snapshot
1 IDR = 0.000 EUR · 1 IDR = 0.000 GBP · 1 IDR = 0.000 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
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 04:27 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 11:27 PM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 08:27 PM | -15h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 07:27 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 11:27 AM | +0h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 12:27 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 01:27 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| São Paulo | 12:27 AM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
Bitung, Asia/Makassar saat dilimindedir (WITA), UTC farkı +08:00'dir.
Bitung şu anda yaz saati uygulaması yapmamaktadır.
Bitung için güncel UTC farkı UTC+08:00'dir.
Bitung sits at 1.44°N, 125.13°E in Endonezya, with about 225.1K residents (rank #65 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bitung is Singapore, about 2,369 km away as the crow flies.
Tondano is the closest indexed city, roughly 28 km from Bitung.
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG) is the closest curated airport reference, about 953 km from Bitung.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Endonezya, on 1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma.
