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South Sulawesi, Indonesia

South Sulawesi keeps Central Indonesia Time, or WITA, at UTC+8. Makassar and the entire province use this offset year-round without daylight saving time.

Makassar, Indonesia

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Sunday, 25 October 2026

UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar

Time and sun data for Makassar — the largest city of South Sulawesi

The sun in Makassar

Sunrise 5:40 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 12 h 16 min Night 11 h 44 min Civil twilight 5:18 AM – 6:16 PM

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Current time in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

The clock in Makassar matches the time in Parepare, Palopo, and communities across the province’s peninsulas, highlands, and islands. Local journeys within South Sulawesi never require a time-zone adjustment.

WITA is eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It runs one hour ahead of Jakarta’s WIB and one hour behind WIT in eastern Indonesia. The fixed offset makes conversion predictable, although foreign locations may change their own clocks seasonally.

Makassar time never changes for summer; the weather has enough personality without help from the clocks.

Makassar and other major cities

Makassar is the provincial capital, the largest city in South Sulawesi, and a major center for eastern Indonesia. Parepare is an important port city on the western coast. Palopo is a principal city in the northern part of the province.

Use WITA for flights, meetings, and port departures in Makassar. Keep the same clock when traveling north to Parepare. Apply UTC+8 in Palopo and the surrounding districts. Use the same official time in highland and island communities belonging to South Sulawesi.

Other notable centers include Watampone, Sengkang, Bulukumba, and Bantaeng. Their schedules are expressed in the same local time, so comparisons involve distance and travel duration rather than time conversion.

Sunrise around South Sulawesi

Makassar’s sunrise cannot serve as an exact value for the whole province. South Sulawesi extends across a long and irregular peninsula, and longitude changes the solar timetable. Eastern locations generally see sunrise earlier by the shared clock than western coastal places.

Hills and mountains can conceal the Sun after astronomical sunrise, especially in valleys and highland settlements. On an open eastern coast, the visible event may occur closer to the calculated time. Cloud and haze introduce further differences between a timetable and conditions on the ground.

Seasonal changes in day length are moderate because the province lies in the tropics, but sunrise still drifts during the year. Use a place-specific date when planning an early ferry, a mountain journey, photography, fishing, or work that depends on natural light.

Questions and answers

What time zone does Makassar use?: Makassar uses Central Indonesia Time, abbreviated WITA, at UTC+8.
Do Parepare and Palopo have the same time?: Yes. Both cities follow WITA along with the rest of South Sulawesi.
How far ahead of Jakarta is South Sulawesi?: South Sulawesi is one hour ahead of Jakarta.