Hagatna, Guam
Hagåtña uses Chamorro Standard Time, UTC+10, throughout the year. Guam has no daylight saving clock change, making Hagåtña’s local time stable even when locations across the Pacific or in North America adjust theirs.
Hagatna, Guam
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+10 · Pacific/Guam
Time and sun data for Hagatna — the largest city of Hagatna
The sun in Hagatna
Sunrise 06:11 Solar noon 12:22 Sunset 18:32 Daylight 12 h 21 min Night 11 h 39 min Civil twilight 05:50 – 18:54
Guam · 3 cities
Largest cities
- Hagatna 1 051
- Hagatna Village 1 051
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Current time in Hagatna, Guam
Hagåtña shares one official time with the rest of Guam. There is no separate capital-city time zone: the clocks in the capital agree with those in Dededo, Tamuning, Inarajan, and every other village on the island.
For a UTC conversion, add ten hours to obtain the local time in Hagåtña. That calculation may advance the date. Subtract ten hours when converting a Hagåtña appointment back to UTC, again paying attention to the resulting calendar day.
Local zone: Chamorro Standard Time Common abbreviation: ChST Offset from UTC: plus ten hours Daylight saving adjustment: none Time-zone boundary within Guam: none A capital may set the schedule, but in Guam it does not get a clock of its own.
The capital and Guam’s main communities
Hagåtña is the capital of Guam and a center of government, but it is not the island’s largest community by population. Guam’s settlement pattern is better described through villages and municipalities than through a conventional list of incorporated cities.
Dededo, Yigo, and Tamuning are among the larger population centers people may see in directories or travel planning. Hagåtña remains especially important because of its civic role. All of these places use the same time, so their relative size and function do not complicate scheduling.
A meeting announced for a Guam-wide audience therefore needs no regional adjustment within the island. The same local start time applies in Hagåtña and in communities to its north, south, or east. Only participants outside Guam need to convert from Chamorro Standard Time.
Reading sunrise information for Hagåtña
The sunrise time for Hagåtña is date-specific. It shifts gradually with the seasons, and an astronomy service calculates it from the selected date and location. A static annual time would therefore be misleading.
Calculated sunrise describes when the Sun reaches the horizon under a defined astronomical convention. It does not promise an unobstructed view. Terrain, buildings, vegetation, and cloud cover can delay the moment when direct sunlight becomes visible from a particular street or window.
Choose Hagåtña as the forecast or astronomy location. Verify that the service labels the time as ChST or UTC+10. Check whether the requested event is sunrise, dawn, or first light. Recheck the date after converting from a location west of the International Date Line.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Hagåtña in?
- Hagåtña is in Chamorro Standard Time, which is UTC+10.
- Do clocks change seasonally in Hagåtña?
- No. Guam does not observe daylight saving time.
- Is sunrise the same time every day?
- No. Its clock time varies with the date, and the visible sunrise also depends on local conditions.