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Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Morobe Province keeps Papua New Guinea Time, UTC+10, all year. Lae, Wau, Bulolo, Finschhafen, and other communities do not make daylight saving clock changes.

Lae, Papua New Guinea

Saturday, 24 October 2026

UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby

Time and sun data for Lae — the largest city of Morobe Province

The sun in Lae

Sunrise 5:49 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:28 AM – 6:28 PM

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Current time in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

The province’s civil time is ten hours ahead of UTC. If a UTC schedule shows 04:00, the corresponding local time in Morobe is 14:00 on the same date. Conversions near the beginning or end of a day may require changing the date.

Because there is no seasonal clock shift, the UTC difference stays stable. International differences can nevertheless change when another country begins or ends daylight saving time. It is safer to recalculate a recurring overseas meeting than to assume that its local hour never moves.

Lae’s clock does not change for the season; the meeting organiser’s arithmetic sometimes does.

Lae and Morobe’s main centres

Lae is the provincial capital and one of Papua New Guinea’s principal urban and commercial centres. Morobe also contains inland towns, coastal settlements, valleys, and mountainous districts. Every part of the province uses the same official time, despite substantial differences in terrain and accessibility.

Important urban centres and district locations include: Lae, the provincial capital; Bulolo, an inland town in the Bulolo Valley; Wau, near Bulolo in the province’s interior; Finschhafen, on the coast of the Huon Peninsula.

A time labelled for Lae can be used as the civil time in these other places. It does not, however, describe local road conditions, travel duration, or whether daylight remains at the destination.

Sunrise between coast, valley, and mountains

Published sunrise is calculated for a geographic point and a particular day. Lae’s result is therefore not an exact substitute for Wau or Finschhafen. Differences in position affect the calculation, while nearby ridges can obscure the sun after it has crossed the astronomical horizon.

This distinction is practical in Morobe’s varied landscape. A calendar may say that sunrise has occurred, yet a valley or mountain slope can remain shaded. Sunset can likewise disappear behind high ground before the calculated time of sunset over a level horizon.

Choose the nearest town or use accurate coordinates. Confirm the date, especially for plans made well in advance. Treat astronomical sunrise as a reference, not a promise of direct sunlight. Add a safety margin for travel through mountainous country.

Questions and answers
What is the time-zone offset in Lae?
Lae uses UTC+10, the same offset as the rest of Morobe Province.
Do Wau and Bulolo share Lae’s time?
Yes. There is no provincial time-zone boundary between those towns.
Can mountains affect the listed sunrise time?
They do not change the astronomical calculation, but they can delay when direct sunlight becomes visible from a particular site.

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