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North Kalimantan, Indonesia

North Kalimantan follows Central Indonesia Time, abbreviated WITA, which is UTC plus eight hours. The province does not observe daylight saving time, so local clocks retain that offset throughout the year.

Tarakan, Indonesia

Friday, 30 October 2026

UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar

Time and sun data for Tarakan — the largest city of North Kalimantan

The sun in Tarakan

Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 12 h 00 min Night 12 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:16 PM

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Current time in North Kalimantan, Indonesia

North Kalimantan is one hour ahead of Jakarta and shares its time zone with Bali, Sulawesi, and neighboring East Kalimantan. Eastern Indonesia Time, used in Maluku and Papua, is one hour ahead of North Kalimantan.

Add eight hours when converting from UTC. For cross-border or international arrangements, name the zone explicitly; the same wall-clock hour may refer to a different instant on the other side of a national boundary.

A border can complicate paperwork without persuading the sun—or your meeting invitation—to explain which time zone it meant.

Tarakan, Tanjung Selor, and inland centers

Tarakan is the province’s largest city and a significant transport center. Tanjung Selor is the provincial capital. Nunukan, Malinau, and Tideng Pale are other important administrative and population centers.

These places all use WITA. Travel from the coast and islands into the interior does not cross an Indonesian time-zone boundary, even when the route itself requires multiple forms of transport. Tarakan: WITA, or UTC plus eight hours

Tanjung Selor: the same local time as Tarakan Nunukan and Malinau: no provincial clock change Tideng Pale: one hour ahead of Jakarta Because North Kalimantan adjoins Malaysia, international plans deserve careful labeling. Border communities may communicate with places governed by a different national time convention. A useful appointment includes the locality, calendar date, hour, and zone.

Reading sunrise in northern Borneo

Sunrise varies by exact position and date. Eastern locations generally receive the morning sun earlier by the clock than western locations within the same zone, but local terrain can matter just as much to somebody waiting to see it.

Coastal Tarakan, riverside settlements, and inland communities do not share an identical horizon. Forest, hills, buildings, weather, and cloud can postpone or obscure the first visible solar disk. Astronomical sunrise and the observer’s first direct sunlight are therefore related but not always identical experiences.

Check a local, date-specific sunrise value for sailing, fieldwork, travel, or photography. A figure for Tarakan should not automatically be applied to Malinau or a remote border locality merely because all use WITA.

Questions and answers
Which time zone is North Kalimantan in?
It is in Central Indonesia Time, or WITA, at UTC plus eight hours.
Is Tarakan in the same time zone as Tanjung Selor?
Yes. Both use WITA.
What is the time difference from Jakarta?
North Kalimantan is one hour ahead of Jakarta.

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