Buton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -3.0569, 122.4240
- Region
- Central Sulawesi
- Country
- Indonesia, Asia
- Capital
- Jakarta — 1762 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Buton, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
The time you see here is the local time in Buton, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the Asia/Makassar time zone (+8).
Buton, Indonesia
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
Local time in Buton
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
Buton keeps Asia/Makassar clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 6:03 PM
Weather in Buton right now
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Buton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 94974
- 97792
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Central Sulawesi
Other places named Buton
- Buton Aceh, Indonesia
- Buton East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Buton North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Buton Maluku, Indonesia
- Buton Riau Islands, Indonesia
Same time zone — Asia/Makassar
- Makassar Indonesia
- Samarinda Indonesia
- Balikpapan Indonesia
- Denpasar Indonesia
- Banjarmasin Indonesia
Nearby places
- Koburu — 1.2 km
- Kecamatan Bungku Selatan — 1.8 km
- Jawijawi — 2.0 km
- Paku — 2.7 km
- Bunginkela — 3.0 km
- Lakombulo — 3.4 km
About the time in Buton
Today the day starts in Buton at 5:29 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:41 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 12 h 13 min.
Around Buton, places such as Koburu and Kecamatan Bungku Selatan use the same time.
2 codes make up the postal map of Buton.
Buton marks time with Asia/Makassar at an offset of UTC+8. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Buton?
- Enter Asia/Makassar as the time zone for Buton; its offset is +8.
- Does Buton follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does daylight end in Buton?
- Daylight ends at 5:41 PM.