Palu in numbers
- Coordinates
- -3.6056, 119.8360
- Region
- South Sulawesi
- Country
- Indonesia, Asia
- Capital
- Jakarta — 1468 km away
- Same name
- 34 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palu, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
The time you see here is the local time in Palu, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the Asia/Makassar time zone (+8).
Palu, Indonesia
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
Local time in Palu
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Palu, South Sulawesi.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:38 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 12 h 15 min Night 11 h 45 min Civil twilight 5:16 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Palu right now
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Palu and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30653
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 South Sulawesi
Other places named Palu
- Palu Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Palu Elazığ, Turkey
- Palù Veneto, Italy
- Palu Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- Palù Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Same time zone — Asia/Makassar
- Makassar Indonesia
- Samarinda Indonesia
- Balikpapan Indonesia
- Denpasar Indonesia
- Banjarmasin Indonesia
Nearby places
- Salokaraja — 19.5 km
- Santunan — 19.5 km
- Kecamatan Panca Rijang — 19.8 km
- Kabowe — 20.5 km
- Anralli — 20.8 km
- Jampu — 21.1 km
Time and daylight in Palu
Palu has 1 postal code in total.
People in Palu keep Asia/Makassar, a zone offset of UTC+8. Seasonal time change: No.
Today in Palu the sun appears at 5:38 AM and sets again at 5:53 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 15 min.
Salokaraja and Santunan sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Palu.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Palu uses?
- Palu uses the Asia/Makassar time zone, with an offset of +8.
- Does Palu change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Palu: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Palu?
- Sunset there is at 5:53 PM.