Tarakan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 3.3133, 117.5920
- Population
- 255 310
- Region
- North Kalimantan
- Country
- Indonesia, Asia
- Capital
- Jakarta — 1596 km away
What time is it in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia
This page holds the current clock reading for Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia, in the Asia/Makassar time zone (+8).
Tarakan, Indonesia
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
Local time in Tarakan
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
Tarakan keeps Asia/Makassar clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 12 h 00 min Night 12 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:16 PM
Weather in Tarakan right now
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Tarakan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 77113 Pamusian — 3.2 km away
- 77111 Karang Anyar Pantai — 6.8 km away
- 77112 Karang Balik — 6.8 km away
- 77114 Sebengkok — 6.8 km away
- 77115 Mamburungan Timur — 6.8 km away
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 North Kalimantan
- Tanjung Selor 67 837
- Malinau 25 596
Same time zone — Asia/Makassar
- Makassar Indonesia
- Samarinda Indonesia
- Balikpapan Indonesia
- Denpasar Indonesia
- Banjarmasin Indonesia
Nearby places
- Karanganyar — 0.7 km
- Kecamatan Tarakan Barat — 1.1 km
- Simpangtiga — 1.2 km
- Peningki Baru — 1.2 km
- Klapa — 1.3 km
- Sibengkok — 1.9 km
About the time in Tarakan
In Tarakan the sun rises today at 5:54 AM and sets again at 5:54 PM. Daylight fills 12 h 00 min of the day.
The clock does not change between Tarakan, Karanganyar and Kecamatan Tarakan Barat.
The register holds 5 postal codes for Tarakan.
Tarakan lies in the Asia/Makassar time zone, offset UTC+8. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Tarakan?
- The entry corresponding to Tarakan is Asia/Makassar, with an offset of +8.
- Does Tarakan observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Tarakan?
- The sun rises at 5:54 AM.