Avarua in numbers
- Coordinates
- -21.2075, -159.7750
- Population
- 13 373
- Region
- Rarotonga
- Country
- Cook Islands, Oceania
- Capital
- Avarua — 0 km away
What time is it in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
The reading below is the local time in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, taken from the Pacific/Rarotonga zone (−10).
Avarua, Cook Islands
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−10 · Pacific/Rarotonga
Local time in Avarua
UTC−10 · no daylight saving time
Avarua keeps Pacific/Rarotonga clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:08 AM Solar noon 12:26 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 12 h 35 min Night 11 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:45 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in Avarua right now
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Avarua and its neighbours
Largest cities in Rarotonga
- Matavera 1 018
Nearby places
- Avatiu — 1.3 km
- Ruatonga Tapere — 1.6 km
- Pue — 1.8 km
- Rarotonga — 2.8 km
- Nikao — 3.5 km
- Matavera — 4.7 km
Local time details for Avarua
Time zone for Avarua: Pacific/Rarotonga, running at UTC−10. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
At Avarua the sun clears the horizon at 6:08 AM and sinks again at 6:43 PM. The gap between them is 12 h 35 min.
Places close to Avarua, among them Avatiu and Ruatonga Tapere, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Avarua use?
- Avarua uses Pacific/Rarotonga, which has an offset of −10.
- Is the offset in Avarua changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does evening light leave Avarua?
- At 6:43 PM.