Sorong in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.8796, 131.2610
- Population
- 219 958
- Region
- West Papua
- Country
- Indonesia, Asia
- Capital
- Jakarta — 2773 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia
The reading below is the local time in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, taken from the Asia/Jayapura zone (+9).
Sorong, Indonesia
Sunday, 15 November 2026
UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
Local time in Sorong
UTC+9 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sorong.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 12 h 09 min Night 11 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Sorong right now
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Sorong and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 98413 Kampung Baru — 8.6 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 West Papua
Other places named Sorong
- Sorong Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Sorong West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- Sorong East Java, Indonesia
Nearby places
- Kota Sorong — 1.9 km
- Papermaranda — 2.5 km
- Doom — 2.9 km
- Renin — 4.6 km
- Kalawas — 8.0 km
- Kampong Baroe — 8.3 km
Local time details for Sorong
The horizon brightens over Sorong at 5:56 AM, and the sun sets at 6:05 PM. Daylight runs 12 h 09 min.
Clocks in Kota Sorong and Papermaranda read the same as clocks in Sorong.
1 postal code is current for Sorong.
Sorong works to Asia/Jayapura time, set at UTC+9. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Sorong?
- The time zone setting that matches Sorong is Asia/Jayapura, with an offset of +9.
- Is the hour in Sorong changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Sorong?
- Yes, it is 5:56 AM.