4.8 out of 5 — 465544 votes

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

East Nusa Tenggara uses Central Indonesia Time, eight hours ahead of UTC. The province does not observe daylight saving time, so its clocks stay on the same offset throughout the year.

Kupang, Indonesia

5:21:14 PM

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar

Time and sun data for Kupang — the largest city of East Nusa Tenggara

The sun in Kupang

Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 12 h 22 min Night 11 h 38 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 6:04 PM

Indonesia · 21 084 cities · page 37 of 106

All cities — page 37

Current time in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

The local time is known nationally as Waktu Indonesia Tengah, usually abbreviated to WITA. To convert Coordinated Universal Time to East Nusa Tenggara time, add eight hours. When it is noon in UTC, it is evening in Kupang and everywhere else in the province.

East Nusa Tenggara shares its clock with Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, and parts of Kalimantan. Jakarta is in the western time zone, so Jakarta clocks are one hour behind those in East Nusa Tenggara. Papua is one hour ahead.

Island travel may involve boats, flights, and patience, but it does not require changing your watch within East Nusa Tenggara.

Time in Kupang, Maumere, Ende, and other communities

Kupang, the provincial capital on Timor, is the principal urban center. Other important population and transport centers include Maumere on Flores, Ende, Waingapu on Sumba, and Labuan Bajo at the western end of Flores. They all use WITA.

This common provincial time makes it easier to arrange connections between islands, although a matching clock does not guarantee a short journey. Travelers should distinguish the published departure time from the time needed to reach a port or airport.

Kupang: WITA, or UTC plus eight hours Maumere and Ende: the same time as Kupang Waingapu: no clock change when arriving from another part of the province Labuan Bajo: one hour ahead of Jakarta

Sunrise across East Nusa Tenggara

Sunrise does not occur at precisely the same moment across this long island province. Places farther east generally meet the morning sun earlier by the clock than places farther west. The season, latitude, local horizon, hills, and cloud cover also affect what an observer experiences.

For an early flight, ferry, hike, or market visit, use a date-specific sunrise listing for the exact locality. A value calculated for Kupang should not be treated as the sunrise time for Labuan Bajo, Ende, or Waingapu. Even within one town, a ridge can delay the first visible appearance of the sun.

Indonesia’s lack of daylight saving time keeps civil-time comparisons straightforward. Seasonal movement in sunrise comes from the changing position of the sun, not from clocks being advanced or turned back.

Questions and answers

What time zone is East Nusa Tenggara in?: It is in Central Indonesia Time, abbreviated WITA, with an offset of UTC plus eight hours.
Does East Nusa Tenggara change clocks seasonally?: No. Daylight saving time is not observed, so the UTC offset remains unchanged.
Is Labuan Bajo in the same time zone as Kupang?: Yes. Labuan Bajo, Kupang, and the rest of East Nusa Tenggara follow WITA.